&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:American_Airlines_Douglas_DC-3_(tight_crop,_grayscale,_contrast_stretch).jpg) NC25663, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 30, 1941 |
| Summary | Unknown |
| Site | Lawrence Station, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada 42°45′45″N 81°24′20″W / 42.762516°N 81.405637°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3-277B |
| Aircraft name | Flagship Erie |
| Operator | American Airlines |
| Registration | NC25663 |
| Flight origin | New York City |
| 1st stopover | Newark, New Jersey |
| 2nd stopover | Buffalo, New York |
| 3rd stopover | Detroit, Michigan |
| Last stopover | South Bend, Indiana |
| Destination | Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupants | 20 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Survivors | 0 |
American Airlines Flight 1,[a] dubbed "the New Yorker",[3] was a regularly scheduled passenger flight. On October 30, 1941, when the route was a multiple stop flight from La Guardia Airport to Chicago Municipal Airport with intermediate stops at Newark, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana, on the flight's leg between Buffalo and Detroit, the American Airlines Douglas DC-3-277B operating the route crashed into a wheat field approximately one half mile east of the town of Lawrence Station, Ontario, southwest of London. All aboard, including 17 passengers and 3 crew, were killed.[4] It was the second of three fatal crashes during an operation of American Airlines Flight 1.
- ^ "Crash of Flight 1AM7 no longer a forgotten tragedy". chathamdailynews.ca. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "A bond forged in Southwestern Ontario's forgotten airplane disaster". stthomastimesjournal.com. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "American Airlines 1941 timetable".
- ^ "CAB Docket SA-54" (PDF). 1942-03-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
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