Alaska Airlines Flight 779
Airline crash
Alaska Airlines Flight 779 was a contract cargo flight operated on 21 July 1961 by an Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-6A
that crashed short of the runway at Shemya Air Force Base with the loss of all six crew members on board. Wikipedia
Date: July 21, 1961
Location: Shemya Island and Eareckson Air Station
Flight origin: Paine Field, Everett, Washington