Air disaster

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853

9 Sep 1969 · 39.62° N, 85.92° W

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When
9 Sep 1969
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
39.62° N, 85.92° W
Description
aviation accident on September 9, 1969 near Fairland, Indiana
Deaths
83

Allegheny Airlines Flight 853

1969 mid-air collision in Indiana

On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating a regularly scheduled flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to St. Louis, Missouri, with stops in Baltimore, Maryland; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Indianapolis, Indiana, collided mid-air with a Piper PA-28 light aircraft near Fairland, Indiana.

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