United Air Lines Flight 608
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 similar to the one involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 24, 1947 |
| Summary | In-flight fire |
| Site | Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah, United States 37°41′06″N 112°08′12″W / 37.685037°N 112.136616°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Operator | United Air Lines |
| Call sign | UNITED 608 |
| Registration | NC37510 |
| Flight origin | Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States |
| Destination | Chicago Midway Airport, Illinois, United States |
| Occupants | 52 |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 0 |
United Air Lines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37510, on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States. All five crew members and 47 passengers on board were killed. It was the first crash of a DC-6, and at the time, it was the second-deadliest air crash in the United States, surpassed by Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 by only one fatality.