World Airways Flight 802
1973 plane crash in Alaska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On September 8, 1973, a Douglas DC-8 operated by World Airways as World Airways Flight 802 crashed on high ground while on approach to Cold Bay Airport, Alaska, killing all six people on board.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 8 September 1973 (1973-09-08) |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | King Cove, Alaska 55.1893°N 162.2645°W / 55.1893; -162.2645 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-63CF |
Operator | World Airways |
Call sign | WORLD 802 |
Registration | N802WA |
Flight origin | Travis AFB, California |
1st stopover | Cold Bay Airport, Alaska |
Last stopover | Yokota AFB, Japan |
Destination | Clark AFB, Philippines |
Occupants | 6 |
Passengers | 3 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Survivors | 0 |
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The official accident investigation concluded that the probable cause was the captain's non-adherence to published instrument approach procedures for the destination airport.