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Flight 409 left New York, New York one hour and 11 minutes late. Routine crew changes were made in
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emanating from a faulty cabin heater was speculated upon based on recovery crew observations that crew bodies appeared 'discolored.' This theory was never proven, and the CAB report specifically states that there was no evidence to support crew incapacitation.
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techniques— was unable to visit the cliff location where the DC-4 initially hit. Study of the wreckage that could be retrieved for examination suggested a nose up attitude and an unusually low
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549:(Snowy Range Road). The plaque faces the mountain where the crash occurred. The plaque reads, "In memory of the 66 passengers and crew that perished on Medicine Bow Peak October 6, 1955".
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990:"Climbers Fight Cold to Take 66 Bodies From Plane Wreck"
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1072:"How it Ended at Medicine Bow Peak"
843:Scott-Nash, Mark (March 30, 2007).
462:Possible incapacitation of crew by
2316:Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
2087:Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash
1070:Couch, Julianne (March 25, 2009).
700:. October 17, 1955. Archived from
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2014:List of airline holding companies
1644:1943 Liberator crash at Whenuapai
1042:Haine, Edgar A. (November 2000).
282:1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
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2398:Northeast Airlines Flight 258
2363:Northeast Airlines Flight 285
2357:Northeast Airlines Flight 823
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2110:Cubana de Aviación Flight 493
2081:Myrtle Beach USAF C-46D crash
1002:. October 7, 1955. p. 1.
984:. October 7, 1955. p. 1.
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2457:National Airlines Flight 967
2451:Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
2439:American Airlines Flight 514
2427:American Airlines Flight 320
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920:"Remembering the Disaster"
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1985:American General Center
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671:"FAA Registry (N30062)"
271:United States Air Force
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239:N30062, crashed into
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1543:William A. Patterson
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1209:Pan Am Flight 845/26
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1045:Disaster in the Air
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156:1st stopover
136:Registration
119:Douglas DC-4
2394:(June 1958)
2324:(June 1956)
2218:(July 1953)
2171:(June 1952)
2118:(June 1951)
2083:(July 1950)
2077:(June 1950)
1944:Flight 3407
1938:Flight 2574
1932:Flight 2286
1913:Flight 1404
1907:Flight 1883
1895:Flight 1713
1858:Flight 4933
1852:Flight 3411
1846:Flight 5925
1840:Flight 6291
1834:Flight 2415
1809:Flight 1175
1767:Flight 2885
1755:Flight 2860
1563:Oscar Munoz
1558:Jeff Smisek
1527:MileagePlus
1522:United Club
813:(4): 3–10.
536: /
524:106°18′21″W
381:Snowy Range
315:pressurized
180:Destination
97: /
85:106°19′45″W
2502:Categories
2435:(May 1959)
2388:(May 1958)
2212:(May 1953)
1954:Facilities
1889:Flight 603
1815:Flight 328
1797:Flight 175
1791:Flight 826
1785:Flight 585
1779:Flight 232
1773:Flight 811
1761:Flight 173
1749:Flight 553
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1737:Flight 227
1731:Flight 389
1725:Flight 823
1719:Flight 297
1713:Flight 859
1702:Flight 736
1691:Flight 629
1685:Flight 409
1674:Flight 615
1668:Flight 610
1662:Flight 624
1656:Flight 608
1650:Flight 521
1596:Untied.com
1573:Robert Six
962:(requires
657:References
521:41°20′30″N
456:downdrafts
452:Turbulence
414:rock falls
360:Turbulence
204:Fatalities
188:Passengers
151:, New York
82:41°20′42″N
1981:(Houston)
1975:(Houston)
1969:(Chicago)
1963:(Chicago)
1901:Flight 55
1883:Flight 12
1877:Flight 11
1803:Flight 93
1638:Flight 34
1621:Flight 23
964:QuickTime
819:1086-7368
545:), along
439:altimeter
301:V-118 to
233:propliner
212:Survivors
2007:Category
1988:(former)
1632:Flight 4
1053:preview)
854:preview)
553:See also
443:altitude
431:airspeed
400:Recovery
364:Cheyenne
288:Timeline
125:Operator
110:Aircraft
37:Accident
1119: (
1117:in 1955
406:terrain
321:in the
295:airways
67:, near
50:Summary
2488:Hawaii
2484:Alaska
1946:(2009)
1940:(1991)
1934:(1988)
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1536:People
1429:Pan Am
1267:Aug 11
1237:Jul 27
1225:Apr 11
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1165:Feb 13
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499:and a
483:Legacy
473:napalm
257:Hawaii
140:N30062
1370:fleet
1287:Nov 1
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1257:Aug 6
1247:Aug 4
1215:Apr 4
826:(PDF)
803:(PDF)
647:C-124
629:Notes
491:over
410:talus
335:radar
276:over
259:of a
2486:and
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2373:1958
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2062:1950
1121:1955
1057:ISBN
858:ISBN
815:ISSN
697:TIME
501:DC-7
392:C-47
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