Accident History
During almost 14 years of continuous and concentrated aviation and airline activity, totaling in excess of 70 million aircraft miles, more than a billion and a half passenger miles, and over 85 million cargo-ton miles (often in areas with few or non-existent navigational aids or ground installations), Transocean's total casualties were 90 passengers and 16 crew.
- Transocean Air Lines August 15, 1949 Off Lurga Point, Ireland Douglas DC-3 (C-54A-DO)
- Transocean Air Lines November 5, 1951 Near Tucumcari, New Mexico Martin 202
- Transocean Air Lines December 30, 1951 Near Fairbanks, Alaska Curtiss C 46F-CU
- Transocean Air Lines March 20, 1953 Alvarado, California Douglas DC-4 (C-54-10-DO)
- Transocean Air Lines July 12, 1953 Pacific Ocean, 325 miles east of Wake Island Douglas DC-6A
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