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.

Toria Sheffield Sat, June 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT 4 min read Leo Kohn/Courtesy of Valerie van Heest via AP Northwest Orient Flight 2501 that disappeared over Lake Michigan in 1950 ...

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 ...

A mysterious hijacker 'DB Cooper' held the Northwest Orient Airlines flight 53 years ago for $200,000 ransom, and parachuted out of the aircraft, never to be seen again. Now, the parachute used by ...

On Nov. 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper jumped from a Northwest Orient jetliner and into history. A parachute that was on the plane but not used by the hijacker — who became known as ...

Object Details Author Jones, Geoff 1949- Subject Northwest Airlines Corporation History Contents Northwest Airways -- Northwest during World War II -- Air services to the Orient and the 1950s -- ...