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Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706

37Fatalities
0Survivors
37On board

Accident details

What happened

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes on takeoff from Chicago as a result of a maintenance error causing the ailerons to become detached from the control wheels; all 37 on board die.

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