Approx. 630 km (340 nmi) east of Wake Island, Pacific Ocean
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Douglas DC-6A
Operator
Transocean Airlines
Registration
N90806
Flight origin
Guam, US Territory
1st stopover
Wake Island, US Territory
2nd stopover
Honolulu, Hawaii, US (Territory in 1953)
Destination
Oakland, California, US
Passengers
50
Crew
8
Fatalities
58
Injuries
0
Survivors
0
On July 12, 1953, Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-6A operated by Transocean Air Lines from Guam to Oakland, California, crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 630 km (340 nmi) east of Wake Island while en route to Honolulu for a planned stopover. All 58 passengers and crew on board were killed.[1][2]
^Accident details 1953.
^ASN Accident description 1953.
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