Global InformationCanadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 information
 A Douglas DC-4 similar to the missing aircraft | |
| Missing Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 21, 1951 |
| Summary | Disappeared, possibly due to icing conditions |
| Site | probably Alaska, U.S. |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-4 (former C-54A/R5D-1) |
| Operator | Canadian Pacific Air Lines on behalf of the United Nations |
| Registration | CF-CPC |
| Flight origin | Vancouver International Airport, British Columbia, Canada |
| Stopover | Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, U.S. |
| Destination | Haneda Army Air Base, Tokyo, Japan |
| Passengers | 31 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 37 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The crash of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 occurred on 21 July 1951 when a Douglas DC-4 four-engined piston airliner registered CF-CPC of Canadian Pacific Air Lines disappeared on a scheduled flight for the United Nations from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan.[1] Neither the aircraft nor the 31 passengers and six crew have been found.[1][2] The incident marked the first aircraft loss during the Korean Airlift.[3]
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Times52060was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Nr. Yakutat, AK Plane Lost With 38 Aboard". Billings Gazette. AP. 1951-07-21. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2018-08-22.