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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that was Water landing, ditched into Puget Sound, just off Maury Island at the Point Robinson Light, shortly after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) on the morning of Monday, April 2, 1956. The plane flew over Normandy Park, Washington, Normandy Park heading 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 08:06 Pacific Standard Time, PST on runway 20 (since removed), and its itinerary was south to Portland International Airport, Portland, then east to Chicago and New York City. The takeoff was uneventful until the first officer retracted the wing Flap (aeronautics), flaps; the aircraft suddenly began to buffeting, buffet violently and also began a roll to the left. The captain believed that an asymmetric wing flap condition--when o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca—Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor. Water flow through Deception Pass is approximately equal to 2% of the total tidal exchange between Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Puget Sound extends approximately from Deception Pass in the north to Olympia in the south. Its average depth is and its maximum depth, off Jefferson Point between Indianola and Kingston, is . The depth of the main basin, between the southern tip of Whidbey Island and Tacoma, is approximately . In 2009, the term Salish Sea was established by the United States Board o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (Northwest AL) On Ramp
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. Its design was advanced for its day; its relatively innovative features (though neither completely new) included two passenger decks and a Cabin pressurization, pressurized cabin. It could carry up to 100 passengers on the main deck plus 14 in the lower deck lounge; typical seating was for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and five seated passengers. The Stratocruiser was larger than the Douglas DC-6 and Lockheed Constellation and cost more to buy and operate. Its reliability was poor, chiefly due to problems with the four 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines and structural and control problems with their propellers. Only 55 Model 377s were built for airlines, along with the single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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