Northwest Orient Flight 2501, a four-engine propeller-driven DC-4, left New York's LaGuardia Airport the evening of June 23 bound for Seattle with planned stops in Minneapolis and Spokane, Wash ...

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 ...

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.

In this photo provided by Valerie van Heest, a historical exhibit of the 1950 crash of a Northwest Orient plane in Lake Michigan is on display at the Heritage Museum in St. Joseph, Mich., Oct. 7 ...

The Northwest Orient Flight 2501 tragedy actually happened in 1950 but, since 2004, a dedicated team at non-profit organisation Michigan Shipwreck Association has engaged in a huge mission to find ...

STONY POINT ‒ Fifty years ago, on Dec. 1, 1974, Northwest Orient Airline Flight 6231 disappeared from JFK Airport’s radar somewhere over Harriman State Park. A report from JFK was sent to police.

"I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me." That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest Orient flight in 1971. It was the start of one of the ...

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 ...