What the records say
- When
- 17 Jun 1948
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.82° N, 76.36° W
- Description
- 1948 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 43
- Injured
- 0
United Air Lines Flight 624
1948 aviation accident
United Air Lines Flight 624 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from San Diego, California, to New York City, with stopovers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The four-engined, propeller-driven Douglas DC-6 crashed at 1:41 pm Eastern Daylight Time on June 17, 1948, outside Aristes, Pennsylvania, resulting in the deaths of all 4 crew members and 39 passengers on board.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing 43 and injuring 84 people on board”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “из-за ложного срабатывания противопожарной системы под Маунт-Кармелом (Пенсильвания) разбился самолёт Douglas DC-6 компании United Air Lines, погибли 43…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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