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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- ...