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Re: Old plane wreck-- Alaska- Miltary

Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:39 pm

It's been reported that the aircraft was a C-124A enroute from ANC to McChord AFB that disappeared after taking off from Elmendorf with 41 pax and a crew of 11 on Nov. 22, 1952. The report stated it appears the aircraft went straight into the glacier at crusing speed with only the tail grouping remaining more or less intact including the s/n.

Re: Old plane wreck-- Alaska- Miltary

Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:11 pm

Here's an article from the AP:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/glacier-plane-wreckage-was-1950s-cargo-plane-crash

Re: Old plane wreck-- Alaska- Miltary

Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:43 am

12 Miles from the crash site.



On this flight, it carried 52 men, mostly Air Force and Army personnel and at least one from the Marine Corps and one from the Navy

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/06/27/2522442/p ... rylink=cpy

Re: Old plane wreck-- Alaska- Miltary

Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:52 am

Updates with some photos and video.

http://www.adn.com/2012/07/12/2540264/m ... -from.html

http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/161738

http://www.dvidshub.net/video/149034/al ... ny-glacier

http://www.dvidshub.net/video/148998/co ... AAZ05HAH7c

http://www.dvidshub.net/video/149003/gr ... AAZ9ZHAH7c

Re: Old plane wreck-- Alaska- Miltary

Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:27 pm

I'll bet that team is invisible against the terrain background at 150'....if I was down one of those holes I'd be wearing a blaze orange suit with a flashing pink light on top of my helmet!
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