1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash

When

20 Dec 1952

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

47.21° N, 119.32° W

Description

fatal passenger airplane crash in Washington state

Deaths

87

Fatal USAF passenger airplane crash in Washington state

The 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash was an accident in which a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft crashed near Moses Lake, Washington on December 20, 1952. Of the 115 people on board, 87 died and 28 survived. The crash was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, surpassing the Llandow air disaster, which killed 80 people.

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