- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 01, 1957 |
Time: | 1802 |
Location: | New York, New York |
Operator: | Northeast Airlines |
Flight #: | 823 |
Route: | New York City - Miami |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-6A |
Registration: | N34954 |
cn / ln: | 44678/543 |
Aboard: | 101 (passengers:95 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 21 (passengers:21 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Shortly after lifting off from La Guardia Airport in a snowstorm, the plane rolled sharply to the left and crashed on Rikers Island. The failure of the captain to properly observe and interpret his flight instruments and maintain control of his aircraft. Several inmates from the Rikers Island Prison made some heroic rescues and were later pardoned. |
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