What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1953
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 19.87° N, 172.60° E
- Description
- 1953 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 58
Transocean Air Lines Flight 512
1953 aviation accident
On July 12, 1953, Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-6A operated by Transocean Air Lines from Guam to Oakland, California, crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 630 km (340 nmi) east of Wake Island while en route to Honolulu for a planned stopover. All 58 passengers and crew on board were killed.
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