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1965 AA Flight 383 airplane crash disaster...
1965 AA Flight 383 airplane crash disaster...
Item # 721770
November 08, 1965
THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 8, 1965
* American Airlines Flight 383 disaster
* Boeing 727-100 jet airliner - airplane
* Greater Cincinnati Airport crash
The front page has a one column heading: "58 Die as Jet Plunges Into Hill; 4 Live" with two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.
AI notes: On November 8, 1965, American Airlines Flight 383, a Boeing 727-100, crashed while attempting to land at the Greater Cincinnati Airport in heavy rain and low clouds, killing 58 of the 62 people on board. As the aircraft descended below the prescribed glide path during a nighttime approach, it struck trees on a wooded hillside about a mile short of the runway and broke apart, igniting a post-crash fire. Investigators determined that the crew unintentionally allowed the plane to descend too low in poor visibility, with no evidence of mechanical failure, making the accident a tragic example of controlled flight into terrain.
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