Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 prop-liner that flew daily transcontinental routes connecting the east coast of New York City to the far west coast of Seattle, ...

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 took off from New York LaGuardia Airport on the evening of June 23, 1950 bound for Seattle, Wash. and by all accounts, the trip's first leg was routine.

In June 1989, Wings Holdings (later Northwest Airlines Corporation) acquired NWA Inc. at a cost of approximately $3.5 billion. Struggling with debt from the buyout, Northwest sought financial aid ...

On the night before Thanksgiving in 1971, Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 - a Boeing 727 owned and operated by Northwest Orient Airlines - while it was flying from Portland ...

Kassie Rients started her flight attendant career in one era and finished it in another. When she started in 1967, there were weight contracts for female flight attendants and girdle checks; cigar … ...

Northwest Orient Airlines menu, c.1970. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ended government control of airlines. Northwest continued to thrive in the more competitive market.

KALAMAZOO, MI – As the search continues for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the missing plane has focused international attention on a different flight that seemingly vanished: Northwest Orient ...

On Nov. 24, 1971, Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 as it was en route to Seattle. He threatened to blow up the plane with a homemade bomb, and he demanded $200,000 and four ...

Dan Cooper, a middle-aged white man, hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 on a flight between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Cooper bought a one-way tic ...

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 ...