Lovettsville air disaster
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lovettsville-air-disaster-169-16572142
title:
Lovettsville air disaster
text:
On August 31, 1940, Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19, a new Douglas DC-3A, was flying from Washington, D.C. to Detroit with a stopover in Pittsburgh. While the aircraft was flying near Lovettsville, Virginia at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and approaching the West Virginia border, Trip 19 encountered an intense thunderstorm. 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 a
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1940 aviation accident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovettsville_air_disaster
date created:
2005-12-10T19:12:54Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:14:30Z
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