NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp

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A DC-3T Basler operated by Kenn Borek Air in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program sits at Pegasus White Ice Runway near McMurdo Station. Credit: Dominick Dirksen
A DC-3T Basler, operated by Kenn Borek Air in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, sits at Pegasus White Ice Runway near McMurdo Station. Credit: Dominick Dirksen

A National Science Foundation (NSF)-chartered aircraft operating in Antarctica crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week while providing support to a group of researchers at a remote location on the southernmost continent. None of the 10 people aboard was injured, but the DC-3 Basler was severely damaged.


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