Air disaster

1938 Yosemite TWA crash

1 Mar 1938 · 37.60° N, 119.49° W

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When
1 Mar 1938
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
37.60° N, 119.49° W
Description
1938 aviation accident
Deaths
9

TWA Flight 8

1938 aviation accident

The crash of TWA Flight 8 involved a Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC-2. On March 1, 1938, during a scheduled passenger flight from San Francisco to Winslow, Arizona, TWA's interstate hub, the flight encountered severe weather. The pilot radioed his intention to land in nearby Fresno. The aircraft subsequently crashed on a mountain in Yosemite National Park, and was found three months later.

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