Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A
The aircraft involved in 1983, while operating with Icelandic Airlines | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 1, 1968 |
| Summary | Forced landing |
| Site | Kuril Islands, Soviet Union |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8 Super 63CF |
| Operator | Seaboard World Airlines (chartered as a troop transport) |
| Registration | N8631 |
| Flight origin | McChord Air Force Base, Washington |
| Destination | Yokota Air Base, Japan |
| Occupants | 238 |
| Passengers | 214 |
| Crew | 24 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 238 |
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was a military charter flight carrying 214 American troops bound for South Vietnam. On July 1, 1968, the plane was intercepted by Soviet jets after it unintentionally violated Soviet airspace. It was forced to land on one of the Soviet-controlled Kuril Islands with all 238 Americans aboard being detained for two days.