Caledonian Airways Flight 153
Caledonian Airways Flight 153 was a multi-leg nonscheduled passenger service from Luxembourg via Khartoum, Lorenzo Marques (nowadays Maputo), Douala and Lisbon, before heading back to Luxembourg. On 4 March 1962 a Douglas DC-7C flying the route, registration G-ARUD, crashed shortly after takeoff from Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon in a swamp on the edge of a jungle 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi; 1.3 nmi) off the airport. It is the deadliest crash of a DC-7. It is also the second-deadliest accident in Cameroon surpassed only by Kenya Airways Flight 507.
A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 March 1962 |
| Summary | Undetermined |
| Site | Douala International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-7C |
| Aircraft name | Star of Robbie Burns |
| Operator | Caledonian Airways |
| Registration | G-ARUD |
| Flight origin | Luxembourg - Findel Airport |
| 1st stopover | Maputo International Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Douala International Airport |
| Last stopover | Lisbon Portela Airport |
| Destination | Luxembourg - Findel Airport |
| Occupants | 111 |
| Passengers | 101 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 111 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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