Boeing 747 N615US

21 September 1974 · No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 21 September 1974 at about 18:00 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N615US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 300 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 September 1974 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N615US
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Honolulu, Hawaii → Tokyo, Japan
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0025

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
300	0	1	2	297

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0025, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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