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Five Feet Short: The Commuter Flight That Never Reached Runway 33
Five Feet Short: The Commuter Flight That Never Reached Runway 33
A commuter Beechcraft Model 99A struck an embankment just 100 yards short of Johnstown-Cambria County Airport and came to rest with the runway in sight - it was, an airline official later said, a matter of five feet. Seventeen people were on board; twelve died, the floor structure and seat tracks were destroyed, and rescuers did not arrive for fifty minutes - so what exactly went wrong in those final seconds?
In this episode, we lay out the factual timeline from departure to impact, describe the aircraft and crew experience…
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