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Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956)
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Idlewild International Airport, New York bound for Caracas International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela on 20 June 1956. Approximately one hour and twenty minutes after departure, the flight crew reported trouble with one of the engines and turned back to New York. While dumping fuel in preparation for landing, the airplane, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, caught fire and plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey. All 74 aboard were killed; at the time, it was the world's deadliest disaster involving a scheduled commercial flight. However, its death toll would soon be surpassed only ten days later.
==The Flight==
The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, registration YV-C-AMS named "Rafael Urdaneta",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19560620-0 )〕 under the command of Captain Luis F. Plata. The plane departed New York at approximately 11:15 p.m. on June 19. At 12:20 a.m. on June 20, some 250 miles east of Norfolk, Virginia, Captain Plata reported that the Number 2 propeller − the inboard one on the port (left) wing − was overspeeding and radioed his intent to return to Idlewild. Twenty minutes later, the crew declared an emergency, stating that they had been unable to feather the #2 propeller. An Eastern Airlines flight operated by Captain Charles Fisher, bound from New York to San Juan, diverted to monitor the situation and assist in relaying communications, while a U. S. Coast Guard aircraft piloted by LCdr Frederick Hancox was dispatched to escort the stricken airliner back to New York.
By 1:25 a.m. the Super Constellation, with its escorts in tow, was off the coast of New Jersey, beginning its descent to New York. Captain Plata requested and received permission to dump fuel, which began at 1:29. Almost immediately, the crews of both escort aircraft observed the streaming fuel catch fire and erupt in a large fireball. The airliner swerved violently to the right, nosed over and plunged into the sea, exploding on impact. Commander Hancox reported its rate of descent was 4,000 feet per minute and that it was in a 90-degree bank at the moment of impact. Captain Fisher described the descent of the blazing aircraft as like "a falling star."
The accident occurred 32 miles east of Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Coast Guard plane circled the flaming wreckage, but could see no signs of life, only aircraft debris along with pieces of clothing and personal effects. The Navy transport ''Lt. Robert Craig'', the first surface ship to arrive, was on scene at 3:43 a.m. and radioed: "Found no survivors. Expect to find none." Crews dispatched from the ''Craig'' in lifeboats recovered only fragments of bodies along with various debris. By dawn, any wreckage not recovered had sunk in 120 feet of water.
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