Lovettsville air disaster
The Lovettsville air disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 was a new Douglas DC-3A that was flying through an intense thunderstorm at 6,000 feet (1,800 m). 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 (21 passengers and 4 crew members) killed.
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Lovettsville air disaster
The Lovettsville air disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 was a new Douglas DC-3A that was flying through an intense thunderstorm at 6,000 feet (1,800 m). 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 (21 passengers and 4 crew members) killed.
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Am 31. August 1940 verunglückt ...... von Minnesota, Ernest Lundeen.
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The Lovettsville air disaster ...... u of Air Commerce act of 1938.
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كارثة لوفتزفيل الجوية حصلت بتا ...... لقانون لتنظيم النقل لعام 1938.
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Lovettsville air disaster
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near Short Hill Mountain, Lovettsville, Virginia
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Am 31. August 1940 verunglückt ...... von Minnesota, Ernest Lundeen.
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The Lovettsville air disaster ...... rs and 4 crew members) killed.
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كارثة لوفتزفيل الجوية حصلت بتا ...... اتور أمريكي من ولاية مينيسوتا.
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Lovettsville air disaster
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كارثة لوفتزفيل الجوية
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