Northwest Flight 2501 crashed into Lake Michigan 75 years ago this week. But clues uncovered in 20 years of searching lessen the mystery.

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.

While the demise of Northwest Orient Flight 2501 remains a mystery, the research efforts have yielded additional clues to the crash that claimed 58 lives in the early morning hours of June 24 ...

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, Washington.

Northwest Airlines Fight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan 75 years ago this week. With 58 people aboard - including six children - at the time 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 ...

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 ...

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Northwest Orient Flight 2501 was carrying 58 people and was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster to date at the time While researchers did not find the plane, they believe they have uncovered new ...