Flying Tiger Line Flight 45

Flying Tiger Line Flight 45

A DC-8-63F of Flying Tigers, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	July 27, 1970 (1970-07-27)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain in low visibility
Site	Naha Air Force Base, Okinawa, U.S. Civil Admin. of the Ryukyu Is.
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-8-63F
Operator	Flying Tiger Line
Registration	N785FT
Flight origin	Los Angeles International Airport, Westchester, Los Angeles, California, United States
Stopover	San Francisco International Airport, San Mateo County, California, United States
1st stopover	Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, Washington, USA
2nd stopover	Cold Bay Airport, Cold Bay, Alaska, United States
3rd stopover	Haneda Airport, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
4th stopover	Naha Air Force Base, Okinawa
5th stopover	Kai Tak Airport, British Hong Kong
Last stopover	Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base, Khánh Hòa, South Vietnam
Destination	Da Nang Air Base, Da Nang, South Vietnam
Occupants	4
Crew	4
Fatalities	4
Survivors	0

Flying Tiger Line Flight 45 was a regularly scheduled cargo flight by Flying Tiger Line from Los Angeles to Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam, with intermediate stops at San Francisco, Seattle, Cold Bay, Tokyo, Naha, Hong Kong, and Cam Ranh.^[1] On July 27, 1970, the flight, a Douglas DC-8-63F with the registration N785FT crashed on final approach as it was trying to make its 4th stopover at Naha Airport (then Naha Air Base) in Okinawa, which was under US administration at the time.