What the records say
- When
- 3 Jun 1963
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 54.21° N, 133.86° W
- Description
- 1963 plane crash of a Douglas DC-7
- Deaths
- 101
- Injured
- 0
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293
1963 aviation accident
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on June 3, 1963, by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered N290. The aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Alaska, resulting in the deaths of all 101 crew and passengers on board. It was the airline's deadliest disaster until the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 24 years later.
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