Douglas DC-6B

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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the 384th DC-6/DC-7 built and was delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines of Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 18, 1953 registered CF-CUR and named "Empress of Rio de Janeiro;" it was subsequently renamed "Empress of Amsterdam." It was sold to the French airline UAT (Union Aeromaritime de Transports) on May 1, 1959 and reregistered F-BHMS. It was leased to Libiavia (Nord Africa Aviazone SpA) from January to June 1962 and UAT became UTA (Union de Transportes Aeriens) on October 1, 1963.

At 03:10 hours GMT on October 2, 1964, this aircraft took off from Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, on a flight to Port-Étienne Airport, Mauritania, and crashed 90-minutes later on the 11,060 ft (3,371 m) high Mount Alcazaba, in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. All 80 aboard (7 crew, 73 passengers) were killed."


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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This was the 384th DC-6/DC-7 built and was delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines of Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 18, 1953 registered CF-CUR and named "Empress of Rio de Janeiro;" it was subsequently renamed "Empress of Amsterdam." It was sold to the French airline UAT (Union Aeromaritime de Transports) on May 1, 1959 and reregistered F-BHMS. It was leased to Libiavia (Nord Africa Aviazone SpA) from January to June 1962 and UAT became UTA (Union de Transportes Aeriens) on October 1, 1963. At 03:10 hours GMT on October 2, 1964, this aircraft took off from Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, on a flight to Port-Étienne Airport, Mauritania, and crashed 90-minutes later on the 11,060 ft (3,371 m) high Mount Alcazaba, in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. All 80 aboard (7 crew, 73 passengers) were killed."