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Safety history
June 17, 1948AccidentHull loss
The airplane arrived in Chicago at 0952LT, en route from Los Angeles to New York City. At Chicago, the airplane was given a routine station inspection, serviced, loaded, and the flight departed for New York with a new crew at 1044. Aboard were 39 passengers, a crew of four, 2,568 pounds of cargo and 1,800 gallons of fuel, all properly loaded. The resulting total airplane weight was within the certificated gross weight. The airplane climbed en route to its planned altitude of 17,000 feet, proceed
Douglas DC-6 · 43 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the incapacitation of the crew by a concentration of CO2 gas in the cockpit. Full accident record