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.

When Northwest Orient Flight 2501 crashed, it was the worst aviation disaster in U.S. history.

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.

NEED TO KNOW A 20-year search for a flight that disappeared over Lake Michigan in 1950 has been called off Northwest Orient Flight 2501 was carrying 58 people and was the deadliest U.S. aviation ...