The aircraft was a twin-engine Douglas DC-9-33CF, operated by ALM on behalf of Overseas National Airways (ONA), with an ONA aircraft and flight crew, and an ALM cabin crew. [2] Its serial number was 47407, its line number was 457, and was manufactured in January 1969.

ALM flight 980, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33CF, ditched into the Caribbean Sea after running out of fuel. Forty of the 63 occupants survived the accident. The aircraft was being operated under terms of a lease agreement by Overseas National Airways (ONA) on behalf of ALM - …

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft …

Feb 28, 2024 · On the 2nd of May 1970, a DC-9 jet, critically low on fuel and with nowhere to land, ditched into stormy waters off the US Virgin Islands, plunging 63 people into a harrowing fight to survive.

OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS, INC., DC.9, N935F NEAR ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS MAY 2,1970 SYNOPSIS An Overseas National Airways, Inc. (ONA), DG9, N935F, operating as Antilliaanse Lucht- vaart Maatschappij Flight 980 (ALM 980), was ditched approximately 30 miles east-northeast of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, at 1549 e.s.t., on May 2, 1970.

ALM flight 980, from New York-JFK International Airport to Juliana Airport, St.Maarten, was being operated under terms of a lease agreement, utilizing an ONA aircraft and flight crew, and an ALM cabin crew.

Sep 19, 2012 · ALM-Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, the Dutch Antilles National carrier-had wet leased a DC-9 from Overseas National Airways to fly the route between New York and St. Martin, in the Leeward Islands, a direct distance of 1650 miles-coincidentally the same distance the Pel-Air Westwind had to cover between Samoa and Norfolk Island.At the ...

Oct 11, 2019 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33CF with registration N935F (ex N915U) airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names

Jul 8, 2023 · ALM Antillean Airlines flight 980 departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York headed for Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles on May 2nd, 1970. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 had 57 passengers onboard and 6 crew.

Jan 8, 2018 · A quick video of an Historic Jetliners Group ALM DC-9-15 departing from TKPK on the Island of St Kitts. The video was inspired by YouTube blogger SKBenergy who runs the Island Aviation...