Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash, Sep 3, 1962 (13 killed), Amam...

Lockheed P-2 Neptune accident on September 3, 1962 near Amami Kagoshima, Japan with 13 fatalities.

A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force P2V 7 patrol aircraft was carrying blood for an emergency transfusion to Amami Oshima. While circling low in bad weather to drop it at Naze port, it crashed on Mount Rankan on 3 September 1962. All 12 crew and one resident on the ground were killed.

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