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Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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Olympic Airways Flight 954
1969 airplane crash
Olympic Airways Flight 954 was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft that crashed into a mountain near Keratea, Greece, on December 8, 1969. All 85 passengers and 5 crew on board died in the crash.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Douglas DC-6
US airliner with 4 piston engines, 1946
The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Douglas reworked it after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)