De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou crash, Aug 28, 1972 (25 killed)

De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou accident on August 28, 1972 near Kudjeru Gap Morobe, Papua New Guinea with 25 fatalities.

A Royal Australian Air Force Caribou carrying three crew and 26 cadets of the PNG Army flew from Lae toward Port Moresby. It entered the Kudjeru Gap as cloud lowered, struck trees on a mountain slope about 50 meters below the summit, and most occupants died.

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