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United Airlines Flight 266 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport, California, to General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin via Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado with 38 on board. On January 18, 1969 at approximately 18:21 PST it crashed into Santa Monica Bay, Pacific Ocean, about 11.5 miles west of Los Angeles International Airport, four minutes after takeoff. Rescuers (at the time) speculated that an explosion occurred aboard the plane, a Boeing 727. Three and a half hours after the crash three bodies had been found in the ocean along with parts of fuselage and a United States mail bag carrying letters with that day's postmark. Hope was dim for survivors because United's domestic flights do not carry liferafts or lifejackets. A Coast Guard spokesman said it looked "very doubtful that there could be anybody alive." Up until 2013, United used "Flight 266" designation on its San Francisco-Chicago(O'Hare) route. == Flight Crew == The captain of Flight 266 was Leonard Leverson (49), a veteran pilot who had been with United Airlines for 22 years and had almost 13,700 flying hours to his credit. His first officer was Walter Schlemmer (33), who had approximately 7,500 hours, and his second officer was Keith Ostrander (29), who had 634 hours. Between them the crew had more than 4,300 hours of flight time on the Boeing 727.〔http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-06.pdf〕 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「United Airlines Flight 266」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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