Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Flight 304/44 was the scheduled flight from Sydney, to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, with scheduled stops at Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. On 29 October 1953 the flight was conducted by the Douglas DC-6 named Resolution and registered in Australia as VH-BPE. It crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell.The aircraft was flying the Honolulu – San Francisco leg with a crew of 8 and 11 passengers (10 adults and 1 child). The estimated flying time was 9 hours and 25 minutes. Captain Bruce N. Dickson (aged 34) and his crew took over the plane in Honolulu as scheduled.Dickson and his First Officer, Frank A. Campbell (aged 28), each had several thousand hours of flight time in the DC-6. Both pilots had made more than 100 approaches into San Francisco Airport, many of which were instrument approaches. On 29 October the weather in the San Francisco area did not present adverse flight conditions, but visual reference with the ground was precluded by the overcast foggy conditions so an instrument approach was required."@en }
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- BCPA_Flight_304 abstract "British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Flight 304/44 was the scheduled flight from Sydney, to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, with scheduled stops at Nadi (Fiji), Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. On 29 October 1953 the flight was conducted by the Douglas DC-6 named Resolution and registered in Australia as VH-BPE. It crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell.The aircraft was flying the Honolulu – San Francisco leg with a crew of 8 and 11 passengers (10 adults and 1 child). The estimated flying time was 9 hours and 25 minutes. Captain Bruce N. Dickson (aged 34) and his crew took over the plane in Honolulu as scheduled.Dickson and his First Officer, Frank A. Campbell (aged 28), each had several thousand hours of flight time in the DC-6. Both pilots had made more than 100 approaches into San Francisco Airport, many of which were instrument approaches. On 29 October the weather in the San Francisco area did not present adverse flight conditions, but visual reference with the ground was precluded by the overcast foggy conditions so an instrument approach was required.".