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    Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 - Wikipedia

    • The airplane, a four-engine 'air coach' bound from New York to Minneapolis and Seattle, was last heard from at 1:13 o'clock this morning, New York Time, when it reported that it was over Lake Michigan, having crossed the eastern shore line near South Haven, Mich. See more

    Overview

    Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 operating its daily transcontinental service between New York City … See more

    Cause

    It is known that Flight 2501 was entering a squall line and turbulence, but since the plane's wreckage underwater was not found, the cause of the crash was never determined. There is output from a hindcast simulation … See more

    Aftermath

    The missing airliner is the subject of an annual search by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates (MSRA), a Michigan-based non-profit organization. The search effort began in 2004 as a joint venture between au… See more

    The Wreck of Northwest Flight 2501 Submerged in Lake Michigan
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    Further reading

    • Van Heest, Valerie (2013), Fatal Crossing: The Mysterious Disappearance of NWA Flight 2501 and the Quest for Answers Archived 2018-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (In-Depth Editions, 2013) See more

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