US EditionRemembering the Lost: Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 Vanished over Lake Michigan 75 Years Ago
- Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 crashed into Lake Michigan on June 23, 1950, during severe weather, resulting in the deaths of all 58 passengers and crew on board, among them six children.
- An intense storm suddenly appeared while the plane flew from New York to Seattle with planned stops, causing the crash and disappearance of the DC-4 aircraft.
- The Michigan Shipwreck Research Association began searching the lake floor using sonar in 2004, covering over 700 square miles but never locating the wreckage.
- Valerie van Heest explained that after searching extensively with sonar, experts concluded the aircraft likely fragmented into debris too fine to be picked up by the equipment and probably settled into the lake’s mud. She also shared Cussler’s remark that a wreck reveals itself only when it chooses to be discovered.
- The group announced ending the 20-year search in 2025 while honoring victims, with Cussler hoping families will someday have closure despite the plane remaining undiscovered.
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20-Year Search for Plane in Lake Michigan Ends
A group is ending a 20-year search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950, killing all 58 people on board—the worst aviation disaster in US history at the time—after sweeping the vast body of water using sonar technology. The effort to find Northwest Orient Flight...
·Miami, United States
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