Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963, that broke up in midair and crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport in a severe thunderstorm.

One such incident occurred on the afternoon of February 12, 1963 when Northwest Orient Flight 705 lost radio contact and disappeared from radar only minutes after departing Miami International Airport enroute to Chicago, IL while flying into a …

Feb 12, 2015 · 1963 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashed into a remote area of the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport on this date.

The forward fuselage broke upward and the vertical stabilizer failed to the left. All four engines generally separated upward and outboard. The debris fell in unpopulated area of the Everglades National Park, 37 miles west-southwest of Miami International Airport.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, disintegrated in-flight and crashed near Cannelton, Indiana (10 miles east of Tell City, Indiana) on March 17, 1960. The flight carried 57 passengers and six crew members. There were no survivors.

At the time of the accident, weather in the Miami area was characterized by a pre-frontal squall line approximately 250 miles in length, oriented on a northeast-southwest line immediately northwest of Miami, with tops at 30,000 feet.

Apr 14, 2015 · Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963 by a Boeing 720 aircraft that took off from Miami International Airport, flew into a severe thunderstorm, and crashed into the Everglades. The plane was destined to Portland, Oregon, via Chicago, Spokane, and Seattle.

It was a nasty afternoon in Miami the day of February 12, 1963. A Northwest Airlines Boeing 720, designated flight 705, was scheduled to depart at 1:30pm bound for Portland, Oregon. On the flight deck that day was Captain Roy Almquist and First Officer Robert Feller.

The aircraft crashed 37 miles west-southwest of Miami after penetrating a thunderstorm and encountering severe turbulence. The aircraft initially entered an area of updrafts followed by downdrafts which put the aircraft into a high speed dive.

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963, that broke up in midair and crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport in a severe thunderstorm.