One less DC-3 in the world.

[LGA777]

Allthough fortunatly the crew and cargo loader escaped un-harmed SJU based Four-Star cargo lost a DC-3 yesterday, Sunday 4-26 in a odd accident. A cockpit fire developed on taxi out at SJU and the crew was unable to extenguish.

Check out the sad but wild photo of the aftermath at the bottom of the report.

http://www.airlineupdate.com/airlines/a ... 6apr09.htm (http://www.airlineupdate.com/airlines/airline_extra/accidents/accident_reports/4starac_26apr09.htm)

Here is the three in happier days about 5 months ago.

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RIP N136FS

LGA777

[T-Bird76]

That's wild Ron! Got her head cut off!

[moose135]

That sure is sad to see, but glad that the crew got out safely.

[Iberia A340-600]

That's sad to hear but at least the crew made it out of the incident alright. It's always a pleasure to see those Four Star 3's around SJU.

I caught her in SJU back in November:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/n536dc3.jpg

[coachrowsey]

As others have said said but glad crew made it out.

[Sierra Charlie]

What a sad piece of news :(

However, I want you to be reassured, our DC-3 (F-AZTE) is getting its turbines fixed for the meetings season ! This one is not gonna be grounded tomorrow ;)
http://www.francedc3.com/spip.php?article153
Well this link is in French, but there are some great pics from the DC3 team (And you'll have a look of the new livery of Air France on the bottom of the page ;))

Raph