Airplane Crash - Near Lone Pine, California 02/18/1969
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Lone Pine, California
| Date | 02/18/1969 |
| Time | 05:10 |
| Location | Near Lone Pine, California |
| Operator | Mineral County Airlines |
| Flight # | 708 |
| Route | Hawthorne, NV - Burbank - Long Beach |
| Type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration | N15570 |
| Cn/In | 6320 |
| Aboard | 35 |
| Fatalities | 35 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Flew into Mt. Whitney at 11,800 ft. Deviated from prescribed course, as authorized, resulting in the aircraft being operated under IFR weather conditions, in high mountainous terrain, in an area where there was a lack of radio navigation aids. Aircraft recovered 8/8/69. |
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