Air disaster

Los Angeles Airways Flight 841

22 May 1968 · 33.89° N, 118.17° W

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When
22 May 1968
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
33.89° N, 118.17° W
Description
1968 helicopter accident
Deaths
23

Los Angeles Airways Flight 841

1968 helicopter accident

Los Angeles Airways Flight 841 was a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter that crashed at 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 1968, in the city of Paramount, California. All twenty passengers and three crew members were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. The probable cause of the accident was a mechanical failure in the blade rotor system, which then allowed one blade to strike the side of the fuselage.

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