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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710

1960 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710
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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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