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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that was ditched into Puget Sound just off Maury Island at the Point Robinson Light shortly after takeoff from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) on April 2, 1956. The plane flew over Normandy Park heading West Southwest. All of those aboard survived the ditching and escaped the aircraft before it sank, but four passengers and one flight attendant subsequently died.
==Incident==
Flight 2 departed Sea-Tac at just after 8:00 AM. Its intended itinerary would have taken the aircraft to Portland (Oregon), Chicago, and New York City. The takeoff was uneventful until the first officer retracted the wing flaps; the aircraft suddenly began to buffet violently and also began a roll to the left. The captain believed that an asymmetric wing flap condition had developed and made numerous attempts to control the aircraft, but to no avail. Believing the aircraft unairworthy, he considered returning to Sea-Tac and diverting to McChord Air Force Base, but the buffeting worsened and the Stratocruiser began to lose altitude. They decided their best chance was to ditch in the relatively shallow and (on that day) calm waters of Puget Sound. The first officer's Mayday transmission relaying the intention to ditch was heard by the captain of a Coast Guard vessel and the pilot of an Air Force amphibious Grumman Albatross aircraft, both of whom readied their vessels to assist the stricken aircraft.
The captain brought the aircraft down smoothly. Although it took on water quickly, the passenger cabin remained in one piece, and all of those on board were able to depart safely, most using their seat cushions as makeshift flotation devices.〔Aircraft whose flight plans took them over land were not at the time required to be supplied with liferafts, lifejackets, or other flotation devices.〕 The Air Force Grumman landed in the water near the ditching site ten minutes after the ditching and launched a number of inflatable liferafts, but not all passengers and crew were able to reach them; many remained in the freezing waters of Puget Sound hanging onto their seat cushions until they were rescued less than thirty minutes later by the Coast Guard vessel. Four passengers, including a six-year-old boy and his mother and one male flight attendant, were not recovered and were thought to have succumbed to hypothermia. The Stratocruiser sank 15 minutes after the ditching in approximately of water.
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