Northwest Airlines Fight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan 75 years ago this week. With 58 people aboard - including six children - at the time it was the worst aviation disaster in U.S. history.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan 75 years ago this week. It had been flying from New York to Minneapolis. With 58 people aboard - including six children - at the time ...