October 28: Northwest Flight 104, a DC-4 eastbound from Spokane, deviates from instrument flight and descends too low into a valley experiencing inclement weather 20 miles before its destination of Missoula, Montana.August 31: Chicago-Anchorage-Tokyo service begins.July: Northwest moves into its new maintenance and overhaul base at Wold-Chamberlain Field.Over the open ocean, the crew has no choice but to ditch: despite breaking apart upon hitting the water, a wing stays afloat for three hours and all crew and passengers evacuate, although most are injured to some degree. About 2 hours into the flight, the aircraft’s #2 engine fails and its propeller wrenches free, gashing the fuselage. July 14: NWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-7C on the Tokyo – Manila run, departs Okinawa on its final leg to the Philippines with 7 crew and 51 passengers.jet service to Asia” with Douglas DC-8 aircraft, the airline’s first “pure jet”. July 8: Northwest begins “fastest U.S.After the updates, the L-188 provides reliable service through the rest of the century. This leads to a worldwide grounding of the Electra fleet and eventual modifications. Analysis of the wreckage and comparison to an earlier Braniff Airways L-188 crash in 1959, identifies problems with the engine mounts on the airplane’s wings causing harmonic stress and fractures. March 17: NWA flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Electra flying from the Twin Cities via Chicago to Miami, breaks apart and crashes over Perry County, Indiana.January 1: Northwest adds service to Fort Lauderdale to its Florida routings.January 1: A Southern Airways Martin 404 positioning from Memphis to University/Oxford, Mississippi, undershoots the runway during landing causing its gear to collapse.January 1: North Central launches service to Benton Harbor and Grand Rapids from Chicago.
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