What the records say
- When
- 2 Jul 1949
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 31.92° S, 115.97° E
- Description
- accident in Western Australia
- Deaths
- 18
1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash
Accident in Western Australia
On 2 July 1949 a Douglas DC-3 aircraft departed from Perth Airport for a night flight of 817 kilometres (507 mi) to Carnarvon. The aircraft climbed to a height of about 150 metres (500 ft) and then spiralled almost vertically to the ground, killing all 18 people on board. It crashed about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) north of Perth Airport and burned for over one hour.
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