The flagpole sheared the wing and left them four thousand feet short
A flagpole shears a wing at night over Minneapolis as Northwest Orient Flight 307 struggles toward Runway 35 - did they make it in time?The flagpole sheared the wing and left them four thousand feet shortIn this episode, we follow the flight, crew, and neighborhood moments leading up to the March 7, 1950 impact that left an airliner short of the runway. We trace decisions, weather, and airport conditions to ask how a rested crew on a functioning aircraft came to be low and off course - and what the airport owes the homes below.Date: March 7, 1950Flight: Northwest Orient Flight 307Aircraft…
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