Defunct cargo airline of the United States (1946–1980)
Seaboard Boeing 747-200F in 1977.
Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the United States . Its headquarters were on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City .[ 1]
History
Seaboard World Airlines was founded on September 16, 1946, as Seaboard & Western Airlines . It initially operated Douglas DC-4 aircraft, followed by Lockheed Super Constellation airliners.[citation needed ] It adopted the name Seaboard World Airlines in April 1961. Jet cargo service started in 1964 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8 .[citation needed ]
Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 N868F taken in 1974.
The airline played a prominent role in the Vietnam War during the late 1960s, using Douglas DC-8-63 jets to connect McChord Air Force Base , Washington with Cam Ranh Bay , Vietnam . In 1968, one of these flights operating as Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was forced to land in the Soviet Union with 214 American troops on board.[citation needed ] On 30 April 1969, a Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 with 219 passengers and 13 crewmembers landed by mistake at Marble Mountain Air Facility , when it had actually been cleared to land at the nearby Da Nang Air Base .[ 2] [ 3] After fuel and passengers were offloaded, the plane was towed to the north overrun and departed five hours after the landing incident.
Seaboard was the first airline to fly a 747 Freighter service from the UK to the USA.[citation needed ]
The airline merged with Flying Tiger Line on October 1, 1980, resulting in the loss of its corporate identity.[ 4]
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