(John Miller recently visited the site where a US plane crashed in Antarctica many years ago. Here are some of his photos and what he wrote to us about it.
--Adrian)
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 4:02 AM A quick note to show everyone some pictures of the Pegasus crash site which we visited this evening. Weather was calm and the sunset was spectacular. Pictures really do not tell the story of just how beautiful this place really is.
John
"In October 1970, a C-121J super constellation called "Pegasus" crashed into an airfield near Mcmurdo. A storm had blown in from the south, as they're known to do, and completely eliminated visibility. The flight had already passed PSR (point of safe return), therefore lacked fuel to turn around and was left with no choice but to 'put the girl down.' After circling the runway for hours without getting a visual, they caught a quick glimpse on the last pass and set 'er down, sliding into a heavy snowdrift caused by the storm and spinned the connie around while flinging off a couple propellers, a couple engines, and the entire right wing. Nobody died."
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This is a very interesting story
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