Douglas DC-4 crash, May 24, 1961 (2 killed), Brisbane Que...
Douglas DC-4 accident on May 24, 1961 near Brisbane Queensland, Australia with 2 fatalities. Cause: The captain suffered a heart attack and collapsed...
- Date: May 24, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
- Location: Brisbane Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain suffered a heart attack and collapsed on the engine control console, which throttled back all four engines to idle; the co pilot could not move the levers.
Trans Australia Airlines flight 1902, a Douglas DC 4 freighter from Sydney, crashed on Bulwer Island near Brisbane on 24 May 1961 while on approach. Both pilots were killed. The captain had suffered a heart attack and fallen across the engine controls, pulling all four engines back to idle.