NOAA Flight 42
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 The Aircraft Involved The Incident | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 September 1989 |
| Summary | Engine Failure caused by electrical failure due to moisture from the heavy rain while flying through Hurricane Hugo |
| Site | Over the Caribbean Sea near Barbados |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed WP-3D Orion |
| Aircraft name | Kermit |
| Operator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Call sign | NOAA42 |
| Registration | N42RF |
| Flight origin | Grantley Adams International Airport, Zagreb, Barbados |
| Destination | Grantley Adams International Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Occupants | 16 |
| Passengers | 1 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 16 |
NOAA Flight 42 also known as NOAA-42 Hurricane Hugo Incident was an Aviation Incident That happened on Friday, September 15, 1989, When A Lockheed WP-3D Orion, call sign NOAA 42 reach into the center of the Hurricane Hugo causing an engine to catch fire and fail.
In popular culture[edit]
The incident of NOAA-42 was covered in "Into the Eye of the Storm", an episode from the thirteenth season (2013–2014) of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Into the Eye of the Storm". Mayday. Season 13. Episode 6. Cineflix. 2014-02-10. Discovery Channel Canada.
External links[edit]
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