Air disaster

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2

2 Apr 1956 · 47.39° N, 122.37° W

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When
2 Apr 1956
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
47.39° N, 122.37° W
Description
1956 aircraft ditching
Deaths
5
Injured
2

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2

1956 aircraft ditching in Puget Sound

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that was ditched into Puget Sound, just off Maury Island at the Point Robinson Light, shortly after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the morning of Monday, April 2, 1956.

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