Air disaster

1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash

26 Jun 1950 · 31.82° S, 116.58° E

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When
26 Jun 1950
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
31.82° S, 116.58° E
Description
accident in Western Australia
Deaths
29

1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash

Accident in Western Australia

On 26 June 1950, a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia, for an eight-hour flight to Adelaide, South Australia. It crashed 22 minutes after take-off, 35 miles (56 km) east of Perth Airport. All 29 occupants were killed in the accident; one initially survived but died five days later.

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