50 Years On: Remembering The Crash That Killed Baseball Legend Roberto Clemente
The aircraft was overloaded and not fit to fly.
The aircraft was overloaded and not fit to fly.
Douglas produced five different variants of the type.
On April 21, 1958, a midair collision between a DC-7 and military jet shocked the world and led to sweeping safety changes.
Investigators were never able to determine the cause of the accident with complete certainty.