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between wing tanks, it could lead to several gallons of excess fuel flowing out of the tank vent and then being sucked into the cabin heater system, which then ignited the fuel. This caused the fire that destroyed the United aircraft at Bryce Canyon and severely damaged the American aircraft that landed in flames at Gallup.
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The engines, scorched and twisted, were thrown 200 to 300 feet beyond the burned area, while a piece of the tail – 18 to 30 feet long – was the largest part of the aircraft remaining. The bodies, burned and unrecognizable for the most part, were horribly torn apart. Two infants and 21 or more women
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As it descended, pieces of the airplane, including portions of the right wing, started to fall off, and one of the emergency flares on the wing ignited. At 12:27 pm, the last radio transmission was heard from the airplane: "We may make it – approaching a strip." Accounts from observers state the
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United Flight 608 departed from Los Angeles, California, at 10:23 am on a routine flight to Chicago, Illinois. At 12:21 pm, the airplane's pilot, Captain Everett L. McMillen, radioed that a fire was in the baggage compartment, which they could not control, with smoke entering the passenger
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The cause of both the Bryce Canyon crash and the near-fatal Gallup incident was eventually traced to a design flaw. A cabin heater intake scoop was positioned too close to the number 3 alternate fuel tank air vent. If flight crews allowed a fuel tank to be overfilled during a routine fuel transfer
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were among the victims, one of the women was an expectant mother. The mutilated remains were flung across the 7,300-foot plateau or blown into the 200-foot deep canyon just behind the impact point. All bodies were left at the scene until this morning, with guards posted to protect them from
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At 12:27, he reported he had turned back for Bryce Canyon airport and said 'May make it. Think we have a chance now, Approaching the strip.' The next radio message came from the airport tower here at 12:32 p.m. It said, 'Fire one mile east.' The ship had gone down at that
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airplane passed over the canyon mesa, about 1,500 yards (1,400 m) from the airstrip. With gusts from the canyon floor flowing down the side of the mesa, the crippled aircraft, only 10 feet (3.0 m) off the ground, was pulled out of control and crashed.
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Ground observers reported that occupants of the airliner, prior to the impact, were throwing various items out of the cabin door in an attempt to lighten the load as the DC-6 descended over the canyon. The airliner crashed onto
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Pending an inquest, several groups of investigators started official probes today on the cause of the crash. One thing that was known, however, was that Capt. Everett L. MacMillen of
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found the causes to be the design flaw, inadequate training of the crew about the danger, and the failure of the crew to halt the fuel transfer before the tank overflowed.
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with 25 crew and passengers aboard, reported an on-board fire over Arizona and managed to make an emergency landing in flames at the airport at
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Trailing smoke and flame for at least 22 miles before it crashed, the giant ship plowed a smoke-blackened swath for 800 yards alongside
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aircraft (which was a sister ship), were ordered grounded and recalled. Design changes that were made thereafter still stand today.
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Just over three weeks later, on November 11, 1947, a similar in-flight incident almost claimed a second commercial DC-6 airliner.
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just east of the Bryce Canyon airport. The scene is in southern Utah, about 275 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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cabin. The flight requested an emergency clearance to Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, which was granted.
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in California, where the airplane was reassembled in an effort to determine the cause of the crash.
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when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947 about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of
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As a result of the disaster, the entire fleet of 80 Douglas DC-6 aircraft, including the
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The aircraft wreckage was loaded onto trucks and moved to
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Various articles from The Deseret News, October 25, 1947
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DC-6
Bryce Canyon National Park
Garfield County
Utah
United States
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Chicago Midway Airport
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National Park Service land
Bridgeport Post

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