WXMI Grand Rapids, MI. The Disappearance of Flight 2501: Why the search is ending for the plane lost over Lake Michigan. Posted: June 28, 2025 | Last updated: June 28, 2025 ...

Seventy-five years ago, Northwest Flight 2501, a DC-4 carrying 58 souls, crashed in Lake Michigan, making it the worst aviation disaster in U.S. history at that time.