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The 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash was an accident in which a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft crashed near Moses Lake, Washington on December 20, 1952. Of the 115 people on board, 87 died and 28 survived. The crash was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, surpassing the Llandow air disaster, which killed 80 people. The death toll would not be surpassed until the Tachikawa air disaster, which also involved a Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II, killed 129 people.

1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash
A C-124A similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
DateDecember 20, 1952 (1952-12-20)
SummaryLoss of control due to inadvertent gust lock engagement
SiteNear Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington, United States
47°12′24.41″N 119°19′25.47″W
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II
OperatorUnited States Air Force
Registration50-0100
Flight originLarson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washington
DestinationKelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
Occupants115
Passengers105
Crew10
Fatalities87
Survivors28

Accident


The flight was part of "Operation: Sleigh Ride", a USAF airlift program to bring U.S. servicemen fighting in the Korean War home for Christmas. At around 18:30 PST, the C-124 lifted off from Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, Washington en route to Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Just seconds after taking off, the left wing struck the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled, broke up, and exploded, killing 82 of the 105 passengers and 5 of the 10 crew members. Investigation into the accident revealed that the aircraft's elevator and rudder gust locks had not been disengaged prior to departure.[1][2]

At the time it occurred, the Moses Lake crash was the deadliest accident in U.S. territory until a United Airlines DC-7 and a TWA L-1049 Super Constellation collided over the Grand Canyon in 1956, killing 128. The crash also remains the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Washington state.


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- [en] 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash

[ru] Катастрофа C-124 в Мозес-Лейке

Катастрофа C-124 в Мозес-Лейке — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в субботу 20 декабря 1952 года, когда Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II при взлёте разбился на окраине Мозес-Лейкаruen, при этом погибли 87 человек (в некоторых источниках число погибших разнится от 86 до 102 человек[1]). На момент событий это была крупнейшая авиационная катастрофа в мире.



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