Boeing 720 crash, Feb 12, 1963 (43 killed), Everglades Na...
Boeing 720 accident on February 12, 1963 near Everglades National Park Florida, United States with 43 fatalities. Cause: Unfavorable interaction of...
- Date: February 12, 1963
- Aircraft: Boeing 720
- Location: Everglades National Park Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 43
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Unfavorable interaction of severe vertical air drafts and large longitudinal control displacements resulting in a longitudinal upset from which a successful recovery was not made (Civil Aeronautics Board).
Northwest Orient Flight 705, a Boeing 720B on a route to Portland, climbed out of Miami into severe turbulence from thunderstorms on 12 February 1963. The aircraft pitched up and lost control, then broke up in flight over the Everglades, killing all 43 occupants.