Caledonian Airways Flight 153

When

4 Mar 1962

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

4.01° N, 9.72° E

Description

Aviation incident; also the deadliest involving a DC-7

Deaths

111

Injured

0

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1962 deadly plane crash in Douala, Cameroon

Caledonian Airways Flight 153 was a multi-leg nonscheduled passenger service from Luxembourg via Khartoum, Lorenzo Marques, Douala and Lisbon, before heading back to Luxembourg. On 4 March 1962 a Douglas DC-7C flying the route, registration G-ARUD, crashed shortly after takeoff from Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon in a swamp on the edge of a jungle 2.4 kilometres off the airport.

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