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American Airlines Flight 6780 was the first fatal crash of a Convair 240, occurred on January 22, 1952.〔() ''Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Report''〕〔("Convair CV-240" ) ''ASN Aviation Safety Database''〕 The twin-propeller aircraft was on the routing Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse-Newark. On final approach to runway 6 at Newark Airport using the instrument landing system, it crashed at 3:45 p.m. into a house at the intersection of Williamson and South Streets, in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey approximately southeast of Newark. The cause of the crash was never determined. The plane, which had gone off course to the right, narrowly missed hitting the Battin High School for girls, which had dismissed for the day only 45 minutes before. The flight number 6780 is still used by American today as a codeshare operated by Alaska Airlines flying from Los Angeles to Seattle. == Casualties == All 23 occupants on board (20 passengers and 3 crew) plus 7 people on the ground, were killed in the crash and ensuing fire. The Captain, Thomas J. Reid, whose home was only blocks from the crash scene, had recently returned from an airlift to Japan; his wife heard the crash and told reporters that they had been planning to move to a house they had constructed in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.〔Staff. ("Plane Falls in Elizabeth, 31 Die, 8 of them in 3 homes set on fire; Ex-Secretary Patterson a Victim; All Aboard Perish; Craft From Buffalo Was on a Radar Approach to Newark Airport; Buildings Burn Quickly 'Gas' Tanks Explode on Impact -- Pilot's Wife Hears Crash in Her Home, Near Scene; Searching For Victims After Convair Struck Dwellings in Jersey Plane Crash Kills 31 In Elizabeth" ), ''The New York Times'', January 23, 1952. Accessed February 24, 2009.〕 Among the passengers was Robert P. Patterson, a jurist and former Undersecretary of War under Franklin Delano Roosevelt and former War Secretary under Harry S. Truman. Patterson was returning from meeting Thomas J. Watson of IBM, who had just hired him for a new case on the previous day.〔Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre. ''Father, Son & Co: My Life at IBM and Beyond'' 2nd ed. Bantam Books (1991) p.233 ISBN 0-553-29023-1〕 Patterson had finished a federal case in Buffalo earlier than expected the day before, and changed his rail ticket in for the aircraft seat, according to the Jan. 23 edition of the ''Deseret News''. Also on board were former war correspondent John F. Chester and US Civil Aeronautics Administration officials George T. Williams and John D. Rice, both engaged in the development of airport radar systems and navigational aids. One of those killed on the ground was a seven-year-old girl, Donna Mandel. Her then two-year-old sister Linda was severely burned. A third sister, Judy Mandel, who was born after the crash, wrote a memoir about the crash and its effects on her family and identity, ''Replacement Child''. It was published to positive reviews in September, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Book review – Replacement Child – A Memoir by Judy L. Mandel - Lessons Learned from the Flock )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Airlines Flight 6780」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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