What the records say
- When
- 30 May 1979
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 44.02° N, 69.06° W
- Description
- 1979 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 17
Downeast Airlines Flight 46
1979 aviation accident
Downeast Airlines Flight 46 was a scheduled airline service in the United States from Boston's Logan International Airport to Rockland, Maine, operated by Downeast Airlines. On May 30, 1979, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operating the flight crashed during a nonprecision approach to Rockland's Knox County Regional Airport. All but one of the 18 people on board were killed.
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