Serial | 282-3567 | |||||||||||||||
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Model | LC-130F Hercules | |||||||||||||||
Status | Left Fleet | |||||||||||||||
Comments | dam 04.12.71 force landed at Care Four, Antarctica after two JATO bottles came off and struck the aircraft. The ten man crew were uninjured but had to live in survival shelters for 80 hours until the weather improved enough to allow a rescue. It had been buried in the snow for 17 years before repairs began in 1988 | |||||||||||||||
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