fuckyeahwrecks
transportation gone awry
**two posts per day of a plane, train, auto, airship, streetcar etc that has come to an unfortunate end. (except in cases of breaking news).**
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i live 1 block away from the plane crash 11-24-1959 chicago,il. do you have more pictures of the plane crash? the plane first hit the house next door to me and then totally crashed a block away.
Asked by Anonymous
Ask and you shall receive.
TWA Flight 595 - Chicago, IL - 11/24/1959 - 3 fatalities + 8 on ground.
The cargo plane experienced an engine fire and crashed while trying to return to the airport.
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This Day In Wrecks
1909: The Sibyl Marston is caught in a storm off Lompoc, CA and runs aground on Surf Beach after striking rocks. Her cargo of lumber is salvaged and used locally; the wreck is still visible as of 2010. (pictured)
1937: Western Air Express Flight 7 crashes into a hill in low visibility conditions on approach to the Union Air Terminal in Burbank, CA. 8 of the 13 people on the Boeing 247 survive.
1955: In the clouds above the Boone County Airport in Kentucky, a Douglas DC-3 collides with a TWA Martin 2-0-2, sending both planes crashing to the ground with no survivors.
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Photo reblogged from black holes are button holes
What do you get when you mix the brand recognition of Pan Am with the notoriety of TWA Flight 800? The Law and Order episode “By Perjury,” involving a lawsuit over PanWorld Airlines Flight 33, a 747 that blew up off Long Island.
(I don’t know if a 96 person flight to Miami from NYC would use a 747, but ok.)
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Photo reblogged from (kiddycocktail)
TWA cargo flight - Chicago, IL - 11/24/1959 - no survivors (3 crew) + 8 on ground fatalities.
A shot of another low flying plane flying over the wreckage of TWA Constellation plane which crashed into a Chicago neighborhood at 64th Street and Kilpatrick, November 24, 1959. A four-engine TWA freight plane, apparently on fire and trying to make an emergency landing at fogbound Midway Airport, crashed and exploded amid homes and an apartment house. … more info from the Edwardsville Intelligencer article…
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This is part one of a video I came across about the New York Air Disaster (12/16/1960). The production of the in-between parts is LOL EARLY 90’s but there is a lot of color film footage from the accident, which is something I’d never seen. Coverage of this is usually limited to black and white pictures of just the United plane. Worth a look, 3 parts.
