What the records say
- When
- 24 Oct 1947
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.69° N, 112.14° W
- Description
- an airplane that crashed in 1947 in Garfield County, Utah, United States
- Deaths
- 52
United Air Lines Flight 608
1947 aviation accident
United Air Lines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37510, on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States. All five crew members and 47 passengers on board were killed.
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