Overseas National Airways Flight 4655, a DC-8-63 in route from Tampa, Florida, to Geneva, Switzerland, via Bangor, Maine, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was involved in a takeoff accident at the Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine, on June 20, 1973. In the emergency evacuation that followed, 34 of the 251 passengers on board were injured -- 3 of them seriously. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the undetected deflation of a right main landing gear tire as the aircraft was taxiing for takeoff.
Aircraft Accident Report - Overseas National Airways, Inc. McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63, N863F, Bangor, Maine, June 20, 1973
1974
13 pages
Report
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English