Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 operating its daily transcontinental service between New York City and Seattle when it disappeared on the night of June 23, 1950. The flight was carrying 55 passengers and three crew members; the loss of all 58 aboard made it the deadliest commercial airliner accident in America at the time. [2]

Nov 26, 2022 · Fifty-five travelers (27 women, 22 men, and six children) and three crew members bound for Milwaukee and Seattle boarded a Northwest Airlines flight on June 23, 1950.

On June 23rd, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 took off from New York en route to Seattle but never reached its destination. We take a closer look at the story behind the only large commercial aircraft in US history to go missing.

The crash of Northwest Flight 2501 into southern Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950, marked the worst American aviation accident at the time when all 58 people aboard lost their lives.

Passengers who boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 bound for Seattle, Washington, with a scheduled stopover in Minneapolis, Minnesota were looking forward to a long, but comfortable flight. Flight 2501 was a Douglas DC-4 airliner with four Pratt & Whitney, R-2000 “Wasp” engines.

Dec 4, 2015 · On the 23rd of June, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was flying from New York’s La Guardia airport to Seattle Washington when it disappeared into the night. Northwest Airlines Corp was a US airline, which was founded in 1926 primarily to carry US mail.

Aug 6, 2018 · So, on the evening of June 23, 1950, as Northwest Orient Flight 2501, a fully loaded Douglas DC-4, roared westward on a New York-to-Seattle flight bound for a layover in Minneapolis, its 55 passengers were well aware of the dangers.

Northwest flight 2501, was scheduled to operate between New York and Seattle via Minneapolis and Spokane. At approximately 19:31 the flight departed from LaGuardia Airport. At 21:49, when over Cleveland a cruising altitude of 4,000 feet was …

Jun 20, 2017 · On June 23, 1950, a Northwest Orient Douglas DC-4 was making its way northwest over Michigan. Captain Robert Lind was in command of flight 2501, carrying 55 passengers from New York to Minneapolis and then Seattle.

Oct 3, 2016 · Flight 2501 was a Douglas DC-4 piston airliner that took off from LaGuardia Airport, June 23, 1950, bound for Seattle, Washington. While flying over Lake Michigan in an air corridor known to commercial aviators as RED 57, Flight 2501 encountered a squall line of severe thunderstorms and disappeared.