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 ...

In 1950, Northwest Orient Flight 25-01 vanished over Lake Michigan during severe weather, resulting in the deaths of all 58 people on board. Despite extensive searches, the wreckage was never found.

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. Photo provided by Valerie van ...

Northwest Orient Flight 2501 took off from La Guardia Airport in New York the evening of June 23, 1950. The plane was scheduled to make two stops — Minneapolis and Spokane, Wash. — before ...

The search for Northwest Orient Flight 2501 has been called off after a 20-year search. The passenger plane carrying 58 people disappeared over Lake Michigan on June 23, 1950 and no victims were ...

“Perhaps it didn’t want to be found.” Those haunting words from maritime historian and diver Valerie van Heest hung over the 75th anniversary of the loss of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 ...