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| The aircraft was scheduled to operate the fourth leg of |
The aircraft was scheduled to operate the fourth leg of flight number 153 from Douala to Lisbon, Portugal. On board was a total of 101 passengers and 10 crew. Witnesses reported that the aircraft had an unusually long takeoff run and climbed slowly before disappearing behind the trees and the sky was lit by a fire. The location of the accident was close to the airport but very difficult to be reached by rescuers, who came to the place by swimming in the high tide waters of the nearby creek almost 6 hours after the accident. | ||
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 4, 1962 |
| Summary | undetermined |
| Site | Douala International Airport |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-7 |
| Operator | Caledonian Airways |
| Registration | G-ARUD |
| Passengers | 101 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 111 (all) |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Caledonian Airways flight 153 was a multi-leg nonscheduled passenger service from Luxembourg (LUX) via Khartoum (KRT), Lorenzo Marques (nowadays Maputo), Douala (DLA), Lisbon (LIS) back to Luxembourg. On March 4 1962 the aircraft Douglas DC-7 registration G-ARUD crashed shortly after takeoff from Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon in a swamp on the edge of a jungle 1.5 miles off the airport.
Summary
The aircraft was scheduled to operate the fourth leg of flight number 153 from Douala to Lisbon, Portugal. On board was a total of 101 passengers and 10 crew. Witnesses reported that the aircraft had an unusually long takeoff run and climbed slowly before disappearing behind the trees and the sky was lit by a fire. The location of the accident was close to the airport but very difficult to be reached by rescuers, who came to the place by swimming in the high tide waters of the nearby creek almost 6 hours after the accident.
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| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962) | |
|---|---|
| Feb 25 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accidentMar 1 American Airlines Flight 1Mar 4 Caledonian Airways Flight 153Mar 8 Turkish Airlines crashMar 16 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739May 6 Channel Airways Dakota accidentMay 12 Godthab Catalina crashMay 22 Continental Airlines Flight 11Jun 3 Air France Flight 007Jun 22 Air France Flight 117Jun 30 Aeroflot Flight 902Jul 7 Alitalia Flight 771Jul 19 United Arab Airlines Flight 869Jul 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301Jul 28 Aeroflot Flight 415Sep 3 Aeroflot Flight 03Sep 18 Aeroflot Flight 213Sep 23 Flying Tiger Line Flight 923Nov 23 United Air Lines Flight 297Nov 23 Malév Flight 355Nov 27 Varig Flight 810Nov 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512Dec 14 Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation crashDec 19 LOT Vickers Viscount accident | |
| 1961 ◄ ► 1963 |