Eastern Air Lines Flight 537

When

1 Nov 1949

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

38.84° N, 77.05° W

Description

mid-air collision

Deaths

55

Injured

0

1949 mid-air collision

Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, registration N88727, was a Douglas DC-4 aircraft en route from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., via intermediate points on November 1, 1949. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, registered NX-26927, was being test-flown for acceptance by the government of Bolivia by Erick Rios Bridoux of the Bolivian Air Force.

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