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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501

1950 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
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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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