The Lovettsville air disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19, a new Douglas DC-3A, was flying from Washington, DC to Detroit with a stopover in Pittsburgh. While the aircraft was flying at 6,000 feet and approaching the West Virginia border, Trip 19 encountered an intense thunderstorm. Numerous witnesses reported seeing a large flash of lightning shortly before it nosed over and plunged to earth in an alfalfa field. With limited accident investigation tools at the time, it was at first believed that the most likely cause was the plane flying into windshear, but the Civil Aeronautics Board report concluded that the probable cause was a lightning strike. U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota was one of the 25 people killed.
The crash occurred during a severe rainstorm, and recovery efforts were complicated by impassable flooded roads and poor communications: the crash cut the only telephone lines in the area. Wreckage was scattered over a broad area and it is believed that all aircraft occupants died instantly on impact. At the time, the crash was the deadliest disaster in the history of U.S. commercial aviation.
Font: Wikipedia.org
Drets d'autor: Creative Commons 3.0
| | Pública | Alemany
Loudoun, Estats Units
Descobriu les rutes més boniques i conegudes de la zona, acuradament agrupades en seleccions adequades.
Font: FSA/OWI
Drets d'autor: Creative Commons 3.0
Descobriu els llocs d'interès més bonics i coneguts de la zona, acuradament agrupats en seleccions adequades.
Amb RouteYou pots crear mapes personalitzats molt fàcilment. Defineix la teva ruta, afegeix waypoints o interseccions, planifica parades a punts d'interès o a establiments per menjar i beure i comparteix-ho tot amb els amics i la família.
Planificador de rutes<iframe src="https://plugin.routeyou.com/poiviewer/free/?language=ca&params.poi.id=1462445&params.language=en" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Proveu aquesta funcionalitat gratuïtament amb una subscripció de prova RouteYou Plus.
Si ja disposa d'aquest compte, connecteu ara.
© 2006-2024 RouteYou - www.routeyou.com