Air disaster

American Airlines Flight 009

23 Feb 1945 · 36.89° N, 81.28° W

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When
23 Feb 1945
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
36.89° N, 81.28° W
Description
February 1945 plane crash in Rural Retreat, Virginia
Deaths
17

American Airlines Flight 009

February 1945 plane crash in Rural Retreat, Virginia

American Airlines Flight 009 was a flight from New York City to Los Angeles. On the morning of February 23, 1945, while flying over Rural Retreat, Virginia, on the Washington-Nashville leg, the Douglas DC-3 struck the wooded summit of Glade Mountain in the Appalachian Mountains, killing 17 of the 22 occupants on board.

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