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 A DC-6 similar to UAL's ill-fated Flight 608 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 24, 1947 |
| Summary | In-flight fire |
| Site | Bryce Canyon National Park Garfield County, Utah United States 37°41′06″N 112°08′12″W / 37.685037°N 112.136616°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Operator | United Airlines |
| Registration | NC37510 |
| Flight origin | Los Angeles International Airport |
| Destination | Chicago Midway Airport |
| Occupants | 52 |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 0 |
United Air Lines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37510, on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States.[1] None of the five crew members and 47 passengers on board survived. It was the first crash of a DC-6, and at the time, it was the second-deadliest air crash in the United States,[2] surpassed by Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 by only one fatality.