Main article: Operation Eagle Claw A contingent of American military aircraft embark on a commando raid to rescue a group of American hostages held by Iran. 6 crewmembers and 2 individuals on the ground were killed in the crash. Part of the wing separated and the aircraft crashed into an area in front of the two-story Rainmaker Hotel. During the second run, the aircraft clipped a mile-long tramway line running across the Pago Pago Harbor to Mount Alava. The aircraft was dropping skydivers near the reviewing area. 17 April A Lockheed P-3C Orion, 158213, was taking part in Samoa's Flag Day celebration. At the time, the aircraft had 6 crew members and 12 passengers on board. The flight crew lost control and the aircraft impacted terrain. At the time, the aircraft was descending through 5000 feet to 3000 feet. The aircraft was returning to Adana when an explosion occurred in a left wing fuel tank. 14 March A C-130H Hercules transport plane, 74–2064, was engaged in a logistics mission out of Adana-Incirlik Air Base to several U.S. This was the 20th CF-101 crash since they entered Canadian service in 1961, resulting in 16 fatalities. The aircraft started to break up as it hit the ground and then exploded in flames. However, witnesses said the aircraft touched down hard and bounced high, then it seemed to stall and rolled over on its side and came down steeply, nose first. A military spokesman said that the aircraft came in sharply and it appeared that the pilot may have initially misjudged his landing, and applied power at the last second to overshoot and circle for a second attempt. Albert Oostenbrug, 33, of Stratford, Ontario, were posted at CFB Chatham, New Brunswick, with No. Pilot Robert Abbott, 29, of Ottawa, and his navigator, Capt. 19 February Two crew are killed in the fiery crash of a McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo, 101055, c/n 602, ( originally F-101B-100-MC, 57-0424 to CAF on 8 July 1971) on runway 25 at Ottawa International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Pilot removed from U-2 program on medical grounds. Airframe repaired for display at 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing headquarters, Beale AFB, California. After landing, pilot revived sufficiently to shut down engine, but then, as he climbed out of the aircraft, accidentally caught the D ring of his ejection seat, which he had not safed, which fired, tossing him in a somersault, but suffered only a chipped tooth. Cessna T-37 Tweet trainer, flying locally, had rendezvoused with U-2 and two crew could see pilot unconscious in the cockpit. Pilot suffered catatonic seizure, and, amazingly, descended to make uncontrolled landing in cow pasture near Oroville, California, even clipping power lines just before touchdown. Written off after crash on 31 January 1980, Capt. Returned to U-2C configuration for Advanced Location and Strike System (ALSS) project, 1972 damaged on landing at Davis-Monthan AFB, repaired. Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.ġ980 31 January Lockheed U-2C, 56-6714, Article 381, 21st airframe of first USAF order, delivered August 1957, to 4080th SRW, Laughlin AFB, Texas, as a 'hard nose' sampling aircraft transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency and converted to U-2G in mid-1965 transferred to Strategic Air Command flyable storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1969.
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