Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Feb 19, 1958 (15 killed)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on February 19, 1958 near Raiatea Island Windward Islands, French Polynesia with 15 fatalities.

A Catalina flying boat of the RAI interisland airline crashed into the Raiatea lagoon on 19 February 1958 when its right wing float touched the water during a shallow turn. It sank in about 36 metres of water, and fifteen of the 26 people aboard were killed.

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