Air disaster

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710

17 Mar 1960 · 37.91° N, 86.63° W

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When
17 Mar 1960
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
37.91° N, 86.63° W
Description
1960 aviation accident
Deaths
63

Northwest Airlines Flight 710

1960 aviation accident in Indiana, US

Northwest Airlines Flight 710 was a scheduled flight between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Miami, Florida, with a stop in Chicago. On March 17, 1960, the six-month-old Lockheed L-188 Electra operating the flight broke up in midair in southern Indiana, near Cannelton, killing all 63 people on board.

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