1971 aviation accident in Los Angeles County, California
Hughes Airwest Flight 706
The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site
Accident
Date
June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT
Summary
Mid-air collision
Site
San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States 34°10′30″N118°00′00″W / 34.175°N 118.00°W / 34.175; -118.00
Total fatalities
50[1]
Total survivors
1
First aircraft
N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC-9-31 involved in the collision
Type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Operator
Hughes Airwest
IATA flight No.
RW706
Call sign
AIR WEST 706 RED
Registration
N9345
Flight origin
Los Angeles International Airport, California
1st stopover
Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah
2nd stopover
Boise Airport, Idaho
3rd stopover
Lewiston Airport, Idaho
4th stopover
Pasco Airport, Washington
Last stopover
Yakima Airport, Washington
Destination
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Washington
Occupants
49
Passengers
43
Crew
6
Fatalities
49
Survivors
0
Second aircraft
A U.S. Marine Corps F-4B Phantom II, similar to the one involved
Type
McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II
Operator
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, United States Marine Corps
Registration
BuNo.151458
Occupants
2
Fatalities
1
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706 departed Los Angeles just after 6 p.m. en route to Seattle as a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps was approaching Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine at the end of a flight from Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. The two aircraft collided in midair over the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, killing all 49 aboard the DC-9 and the F-4 pilot; the F-4 radar intercept officer ejected and survived.
The crash of Flight 706 prompted the United States Armed Forces to agree to reduce the number of military aircraft operating under visual flight rules in civilian air corridors and to require military aircraft to contact civilian air traffic controllers.
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