Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501

Name: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
Start: 1950-06-23

23 Jun 1950 · 42.37° N, 86.62° W

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When: 23 Jun 1950
Kind: Air disaster
Coordinates: 42.37° N, 86.62° W
Description: aviation accident
Deaths: 58

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501

1950 aircraft disappearance

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 operating its daily transcontinental service between New York City and Seattle when it crashed in Lake Michigan on the night of June 23, 1950. The flight was carrying 55 passengers and three crew members; the loss of all 58 aboard made it the deadliest commercial airliner accident in America at the time.

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Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim bis dahin schwersten Verkehrsflugzeugunfall in den USA kommen alle 58 Personen an Bord ums Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа DC-4 на озере Мичиган”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501

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