Crash of a Lockheed SP-2E Neptune into the South China Sea: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 8, 1964 at 0243 LT
Registration:
131513
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Iwakuni - Iwakuni
MSN:
426-5394
Crew on board:
13
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed Iwakuni for a maritime patrol flight over the South China Sea. While cruising by night, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea about 120 km east of the Vietnam coast. Eight crew members were rescued while five others were killed.