Douglas DC-6 crash, Jun 17, 1948 (43 killed), Mount Carme...
Douglas DC-6 accident on June 17, 1948 near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania, United States with 43 fatalities. Cause: The board found that the crew were...
- Date: June 17, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Mount Carmel Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 43
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The board found that the crew were incapacitated by a concentration of carbon dioxide gas in the cockpit.
United Air Lines Flight 624, a DC 6 flying from San Diego to New York via Los Angeles and Chicago, crashed near Aristes, Pennsylvania, on 17 June 1948. All 43 people aboard, 39 passengers and 4 crew, were killed.