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Lockheeds Down

Lockheeds Down

The Crashes of TWA Flight 529 and Northwest Flight 706, 17 Days and 17 Miles Apart

by Donald J. Porter
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/01/2025

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A missing two-cent cotter pin, smaller than a paperclip, can bring down a four-engine airliner and kill hundreds of people. In 1961, only 17 days and 17 miles apart, Trans World Airlines Flight 529 and Northwest Airlines Flight 706 suffered fatal disasters in Illinois. The Lockheed Constellation operated by TWA crashed because of a missing cotter pin, and the Northwest Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed because someone forgot to install a few inches of safety wire. Government officials charged with investigating these crashes reveal why the airlines and their employees took no responsibility for such fatal ineptness. This book tells the story of the ill-fated airliners, how the airlines avoided responsibility, and how the passengers are remembered by next-of-kin after more than 50 years.

ISBN:
9781476696065
9781476696065
Category:
Uncategorized
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-01-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x152.4x6.6mm
Donald J. Porter

Donald J. Porter is the author of A Jet Powered Life: Allen E. Paulson, Aviation Entrepreneur; Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits, and three other books on aviation. He has also written for Air & Space/Smithsonian and Vertical magazines. As a former product support engineer, one of his specialties involved analyzing why certain parts of aircraft systems had failed. He has appeared on C-Span2's BookTV.

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