Hi there, the same rules apply here as the True crime from around the world book, if I couldn't find a true crime case, it was replaced by a plane crash.
This plane crash takes us to the state of Montana, which is located next to the following states: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is an aircraft similar to the one involved in the accident.
Northwest Airlines Flight 2 was a Lockheed Super Electra aircraft, registered as November Charlie 17388 (NC17388), which crashed into the Bridger Mountains in Gallatin County, Montana, about 12 miles (20 kilometres) northeast of Bozeman, Montana, the plane crashed on the 10th of January 1938, all ten people on board the plane were killed in the crash, which was the first fatal crash of a Lockheed Super Electra and it was also the first fatal accident of a Northwest Airlines aircraft.
Flight 2 was en route eastbound from Seattle Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA), Seattle, Washington to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD), Chicago, Illinois, with intermediate stops at Spokane International Airport (IATA: GEG, ICAO: KGEG), Spokane, Washington, Bert Mooney Airport (IATA: BTM, ICAO: KBTM), Butte, Montana and Billings Logan International Airport (IATA: BIL, ICAO: KBIL), Billings, Montana, the flight left for the Monday afternoon flight which had just left Butte and was flying over Belgrade when the plane diverted to the north to avoid a dust storm over Bozeman pass.
The first officer of the flight contacted the Northwest Airlines radio operator at 3:05pm MST (Mountain Standard Time) to advise them that Flight 2 had reached it's crushing altitude of 9,000 feet and at 2:53pm MST, witnesses on the ground reported that as the flight passed over the Bridger Mountain range (which at the point the aircraft passed over at an elevation of approximately 8,500 feet above sea level), the aircraft immediately dropped, went into a stall, glided for a short time, then spun into the ground, the plane wreckage burst into flames and all ten people on board were killed immediately.
