Crash of a Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando off Oranjestad: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 24, 1976
Operator:
Registration:
HK-1282
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Oranjestad - Barranquilla
MSN:
33345
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Oranjestad-Reina Beatrix Airport, while climbing, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor both crew members was found.
