D59 (Antarctica)

D59
D59
Camp
	D59 Location of D59 in Antarctica
	Coordinates: 69°37′12″S 135°21′36″E / 69.620000°S 135.360000°E
Country	United States
Location in Antarctica	East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctica
Established	1971
Type	Seasonal
Status	Abandoned

D59 is a field camp in Antarctica on the land traverse between Dumont d'Urville (French coastal station) and Dome C (Franco-Italian high antarctic plateau station). It is known mainly for the two LC-130 crashes which happened in 1971 (eventually repaired and recovered 16 years later) and 1987 with two dead.^[1]

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↑ Long, Richard (10 December 1987). "Antarctic rescue bid". The Times. No. 62948. p. 11. ISSN 0140-0460. Wellington — A rescue operation was launched in the Antarctic yesterday for survivors of an American military C13O Hercules aircraft which crashed on landing in a remote area, killing two people and injuring nine others. Ironically, the Hercules was on a supply flight to a remote airstrip where an American crew is working to salvage a Hercules which crashed 16 years ago.

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[1] Long, Richard (10 December 1987). "Antarctic rescue bid". The Times. No. 62948. p. 11. ISSN 0140-0460. Wellington — A rescue operation was launched in the Antarctic yesterday for survivors of an American military C13O Hercules aircraft which crashed on landing in a remote area, killing two people and injuring nine others. Ironically, the Hercules was on a supply flight to a remote airstrip where an American crew is working to salvage a Hercules which crashed 16 years ago.

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