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Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.
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Hughes Airwest Flight 706
1971 aviation accident in Los Angeles County, California
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Marine Corps
Amphibious and maritime land service branch of the U.S. military
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Duarte, California
City in California, United States
Duarte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 21,727. Duarte is located on historic U.S. Route 66, which today follows Huntington Drive through the middle of the city. It is bounded to the north by the San…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)