American Airlines Flight 28

When

23 Oct 1942

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

33.87° N, 116.57° W

Description

mid-air collision

Deaths

12

1942 mid-air collision

American Airlines Flight 28 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a Douglas DC-3 that crashed on October 23, 1942, in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs, California, United States, after being struck by a United States Army Air Forces Lockheed B-34 Lexington bomber. The B-34 suffered only minor damage, and landed safely at the Army Airport of the Sixth Ferrying Command, Palm Springs.

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