She eventually returned to California, where she remained for the rest of her life, becoming a generous supporter of the arts. According to later ground radar tracking printouts, Cessna N7711G was climbing at 120 mph about 1,300 feet below and ahead of Flight 182. There were no faces on the bodies. He claimed that he was fired after reporting the difficult working conditions that most likely contributed to the PSA flight crews mental and physical impairment. "The goal of the PSA 182 committee is to have a memorial that pays tribute to both the fallen from the crash on September 25, 1978 as well as to the first responders, at or adjacent to the crash site, as close to the point of impact as possible. The nearest road of any kind was more than a quarter mile (400 m) away from the crash scene, and the location of the crash itself was a deep-water swamp with a floor made out of solid limestone. The Victims; THE MEMORIAL. Timothy DeLucca, Aptos Recovery of the aircraft and victims was made extremely difficult by the location of the crash. Aircraft similar to PSA Boeing that crashed in North Park. "This is it baby!" 1 Photo taken split seconds before PSA 182 collided with a private airline and killed all 135 people on board and seven on the ground. The greatest surprise was that R-D6 was a compact hatchback four seater coup, its rear hatch door opened sideways in defference to that of the E type Jaguar and the rear doors opened back to front as with the Rolls Royce Phantom. Supporting Chapmans claim was an unsuccessful 50-day strike by PSA pilots seeking improved work schedules.104, San Jose State University biologists also supported the case for pilot fatigue. Robert Levine, San Diego, David Loeb, Santa Monica Barbara Jackson, Los Angeles The PSA plane, Flight 182 from Sacramento to Los Angeles, was on its landing approach when it collided with the Cessna 150 two-seater at 3,000 feet, the Federal Aviation Administration said. On Monday, the morning of 25 September 1978, a Boeing 727-214 commercial airplane, PSA flight 182, collided mid-air with a private aircraft, a Cessna 172. One of PSAs Boeing 727-100 airliners flying from San Francisco to Ontario had bumped the right wing of a Cessna 182L aircraft while the latter was climbing to its cruising altitude. 35 years later, there is still no memorial marking the place where so many lost their lives. Olga Roblesde Huante, San Diego He later became a minor league manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs before returning to the major leagues as a manager for the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Years later in 2007, the victim was identified by fingerprints from his service in the United States Merchant Marines. Claire Trevor died of respiratory failure in Newport Beach, California, in 2000, at the age of 90. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, with its wing aflame after a collision with a smaller plane, plunges to earth killing all passengers and crew, in San Diego, Sept. 25, 1978. Recognizing the letters PSA on its dorsal intake, he thought, Damn! There were few bodies to speak ofonly piecesI was no stranger to dead bodies, but I wasnt ready to see the torso of a stewardess slammed against a car. GET INVOLVED. Cooper's" plane robbery and parachute drop escape in 1971: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper. Deborah McCarthy, Vista Revisiting the tragic story of the 1978 crash of PSA Flight 182 in San Diego. Gail Michele Forsyth, San Diego St. Augustine Roman Catholic High School one-half mile southwest of the crash site. More than 20 residences were damaged or destroyed. After leaving the Berendrecht lock, the "Voge Dignity" (IMO 9420851) is seen here passing the PSA Noordzee Terminal as the tanker sails downstream the river Scheldt and out to the anchorage in front of the Belgian coast to wait for orders. She often played the hard-boiled blonde or another type of shady lady. At 09:01:47, the Flight 182's Cockpit Voice Recorder picked up the sound of the collision. PSA Flight 182's crew lost sight of the light aircraft below them, resulting in a deadly mid-air collision (Image: Wikimedia Commons) McFeron can then be heard talking to the air traffic controllers, saying: "Tower, we're going down, this is PSA." Seconds later, he says. James Michael Taggart, Palos Verdes Many were off duty flight crews deadheading, or flying for free, to San Diego.8. An experienced PSA flight crew, however, should have been able to differentiate between the larger twin-engine, low-wing, six-to-eight-passenger Cessna 401 and the smaller single-engine, high-wing, four-passenger Cessna 172 at close range.34, It is entirely possible that, at 09:01:38, seven seconds after lowering the airliners landing gear, Flight Officer Foxs radio transmission, Theres one underneath and I was looking at that inbound there, could have meant that he was referring to the Cessna 401 flying along a western heading to conduct practice ILS landings.35 If Captain McFeron had informed Lindbergh Control that he had lost visual contact with Cessna N7711G, the latter would have stopped PSA 182s descent and told them to hold their position.36. The shaken Cessna pilot returned immediately to the San Francisco airport. Where did all these people come from? 60 What Rankin was referring to were hundreds of first responders, civilian, military and religious volunteers who were bravely putting out fires, searching for victims, saying prayers over and recovering bodies, as well as keeping looters or souvenir hunters out of the area well into the night.61, There were conflicting reports regarding looting at the crash site. I keep meaning to send you stuff about PSA Flight . A 14-year veteran pilot, Chapman had filed a lawsuit against PSA in 1981 for wrongful termination and emotional distress. In Key Largo (John Huston, 1948), Trevor played Gaye Dawn, the washed-up nightclub singer and gangster's moll. PSA 182 is a major part of San Diego's history. To anyone who lived in San Diego in 1977 and was old enough to remember, Flight 182 has a special meaning. Her appearances became very rare after the mid-1960s. Thirty-five years ago, on May 29, 1987, USAir Group Inc. completed its $400 million takeover of Pacific Southwest Airlines, the San Diego-based air carrier that began service 38 years before with one leased DC-3 and grew into one of the nation's largest airlines. Bennett Schwartz, Culver City 022414 UNK 002 1 seat belt buckle from PSA Flight 182; Buckle is silver colored; "American Safety 5000B2" engraved on buckle; Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a Boeing 727-214 commercial airliner that collided with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft over San Diego, California on September 25, 1978; Pacific Southwest Airlines' first fatal accident and the deadliest air disaster in California history-Image from the SDASM Curatorial Collection.Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.) The next year, Trevor married Milton Bren, a film producer with two sons from a previous marriage, and moved to Newport Beach, California. Basically, in laymans terms, they had to keep the Cessna in their sight and not hit it.26, While Lindbergh Control was now responsible for PSA Flight 182s final approach, Cessna N7711G was under Miramars guidance, which, at 09:00:00 directed it to continue to maintain its 70 degree heading under VFR at or below 3,500 feet.27 At 09:00:31, Miramar informed Boswell that there was traffic at six oclock [directly behind them], two miles, eastbound; a PSA jet inbound to Lindbergh Field, out of 3,200 [feet altitude that], has you in sight. Boswell immediately radioed his acknowledgment.28, As PSA Flight 182 began its diagonal transit across Mission Valley, Captain McFeron informed Lindbergh Control that it was beginning its downwind approach. Authors collection. All 135 passengers and crew perished in the crash. Judy Allen, Los Angeles Return to Dwight and Nile: The Crash of PSA Flight 182: Directed by David Fresina. The PSA was about to land when the collision occurred, crash landing in a San Diego suburban neighborhood and killing 144 people, in both the plane and on the ground. David Jacobson's sister . The 28 names were provided by funeral director Samuel Douglass. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace. Alberico Coluzzi, Los Angeles Daniel Lawrence Balson, Encino Gibson made his major league debut July 2, 1905 at the age of 24. Richard Plaskoff, Los Angeles Robert Sinclair Silver, Marina Del Rey, KirkSmith, Palo Alto It was Pacific Southwest Airlines' first accident involving fatalities. The question remained, where was Cessna N7711G? The scattered remains also included those of seven North Park residents ranging in age from a 3-year-old at a daycare center to an 82-year-old grandmother in her home.76 Ambulances waiting to transport injured crash victims instead carried their bagged remains about a half mile southwest to the St. Augustine Roman Catholic High School gym building at 33rd and Nutmeg Streets. There were 3 other arrests for removing aircraft debris, or evidence, from the scene of an accident. The force of the crash, people who viewed the scene said, had left the victims unrecognizable, with limbs hanging from trees or left in blood-smeared patches up to 200 yards from the point of impact. Newspaper reporters, meanwhile, scrambled to write a series of informative and poignant articles in time for the late edition of The San Diego Evening Tribune. In San Diego a major PSA commercial airliner, Flight 182, crashed after colliding with a small Cessna. George Johnson, Thousand Oaks Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182, registration N533PS, was a Boeing 727-214 commercial airliner that collided over San Diego, California with a private Cessna 172 on September 25, 1978. Photographed : September 1974 - in original Kodachrome square mount. At first, he and other volunteers believed that they should treat the body parts with care and respect. How the San Diego Police Department responded later became textbook training for law enforcement agencies across the United States. I'm assuming that I and the bell-bottomed ladies walking by have just gotten off the 727 behind us. Inside the Cessnas cramped 4-seat cabin were David Lee Boswell and Martin Kazy. Joseph McMasters, Sacramento Catherine Kate Fons, a new Pacific Southwest Airlines stewardess, was killed in the collision of PSA flight 182 with a Cessna Skyhawk over North Park in San Diego. Paula Blake, Playa del Rey The aircraft . (Hans Wendt) On the 25th of September 1978, hundreds of people watched in horror as a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727, its right wing. The reason why Flight 182 was acting as a shuttle service for so many PSA employees was because of the recent expansion of its services throughout the state. But she is now best known for the classic Western Stagecoach (1939) with John Wayne. 02:21 - Source: CNN. It looks as if we've been off-boarded via the aft airstairs made famous by "D.B. Daniel Bruce Urdahl, San Diego According to Robinson, police had made between 40 to 43 arrests that day on charges of failing to disperse. NBC 7's Omari Fleming reports. Two of Trevor's most memorable roles were in the Film Noirs Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk, 1944) opposite Dick Powell, and Born to Kill (Robert Wise, 1947) with Lawrence Tierney. KSDO radio news director Joe Gillespie calmly relayed up-to-date information from the crash site via a two-way car radio to his stations morning news announcer, Hal Brown. In September 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) flight 182 collided with a Cessna light aircraft as it was descending and about to land at Lindbergh Field (now San Diego International Airport). 41 of 43 Victims Identified With PM-Plane Crash, Bjt December 9, 1987 SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The names of five crew members and 36 passengers aboard Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, which crashed Monday in San Luis Obispo County, killing 43 people, were released by the airline and other sources. Sources: William McPeak (IMDb), Wikipedia, and IMDb. Instead of relying primarily on pilots use of the flawed see and avoid procedure, air traffic controllers would now use mandatory ground-based positive radar control to monitor and direct all approaching and departing aircraft.106, On May 15, 1980, the FAA established a Class B (Class Bravo) Airspace over Lindbergh Field. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was midair when it collided with a Cessna 172 aircraft, which is a private plane. Dave Schmidt, Sacramento Nerene Faye Seaton, Bakersfield Gil A. Marcoux, San Diego, RandolphMartin, Malibu Gibson held Detroit's Ty Cobb, the premier base stealer of his era, to only one stolen base during the series (Cobb also stole home plate during the series which wasn't charged against Gibson). A picture taken on July 17, 2014, shows the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner after it crashed near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. At 9:01 and 47 seconds, the right wing of PSA 182 struck the Cessna, swatting it out of the sky. Those that lived here - and elsewhere - remember the shocking images of plane wreckage on fire and. From 1937 to 1940, she appeared with Edward G. Robinson in the popular radio series 'Big Town' while continuing to make films. The Cessna struck Polk Avenue between 32nd and Iowa streets, killing the two on board. Within a month, Robinson recanted, explaining that a police officer who had been involved intransporting prisoners had given him the information at a prisoner-processing center. When rescue workers removed a torso from the windshield, they were shocked to see the cars driver, Mary Fuller, still alive. Navy Corpsmen search for remains at the corner of Nile and Dwight looking at part of tail engine markingpoint of impact. At 09:00:52 Captain McFeron remarked, He [the Cessna] was right over there a minute ago. Twenty seconds later, Fox asked, Are we clear of that Cessna? Flight Engineer Wahne responded with, Supposed to be while the captain said,I guess. An off-duty captain, also in the cockpit, added, I hope.32, Perhaps to ease the tension, at 09:01:21 Captain McFeron stated, Oh, yeah, before we turned downwind, I saw him about one oclock, probably behind us now. 33 It has been suggested that Captain McFeron might have been referring to a Cessna 401, call sign N3208Q, that was also conducting ILS approach landings while in radio contact with Lindbergh Field between 08:58 and 09:05. Spring 2017, Volume 63, Number 3+4, To those unfamiliar with the San Diego community of North Park, Dwight Street (between Boundary and Nile Streets) is a quiet streetscape composed primarily of unassuming single-story homes. Frank Becwar, Fair Oaks Command pilot Captain James McFeron immediately radioed the San Diego Approach Control Center at NAS Miramar requesting guidance for the final approach to San Diegos Lindbergh Field, A radar-equipped civilian air traffic control facility, the San Diego Approach Center was responsible for directing all private and commercial aircraft descending or departing Lindbergh Field or any of the other smaller outlying feeder airports within San Diego County. Her third and final Oscar nomination was for her performance in the disaster film The High and the Mighty (William A. Wellman, 1954) with John Wayne. They also interviewed neighbors to make an exact determination of those killed on the ground.80 Once identified, arrangements were made to send the remains to local or out-of-town funeral homes.81, National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] and Boeing forensic investigators combed through the Boeing 727-214s recovered remains. British postcard by Milton, no. But some eye witnesses, surviving family members and first responders hesitate to attend these impromptu gatherings.113. Richard Horne, Glendale My best friend saw the actual collision from his fifth-grade classroom. Born a stone's throw away from Tecumseh Park (today's Labatt Memorial Park) in London, Ontario, Gibson gained the nickname "Mooney" as a youngster. In the early 1940s, Claire Trevor was a regular on 'The Old Gold Don Ameche Show' on the NBC Red Radio Network, starring with Ameche in presentations of plays by Mark Hellinger. 1649 El Prado, Suite #3 Crash debris. Crew Capt. British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. Flight Attendant Debbie Nissen Neil, 37 . The engine was a new departure for Jaguar, as it was the first 2.7-litre V6 twin-turbo high performance Diesel engine designed in collaboration between PAG and PSA. Kirk C. Dutton, Los Angeles, Mario Escalante, Sacramento In total, 144 people lost their lives in the disaster on that fateful day, includingtwo men in the Cessna, Flight 182's seven crew members (including. The next year, she made her film debut with a leading role in the Western Life in the Raw (Louis King, 1933) opposite George O'Brien. On Sept. 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182 crashed with a Cessna over North Park, killing 144 people in the deadliest aircraft disaster in California's history. Tragic PSA Crash Flight 182 Sept 25, 1978, Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive. --Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum. Rules (VFR) meant that weather conditions over San Diego were clear enough for PSA 182s flight crew to utilize ground features and landmarks as navigational references. By nightfall, the trucks delivered some 220 body bags toeither the county morgue or private mortuaries. His record of 134 consecutive games caught would stand until 1940 when it was broken by Ray Mueller. Last photo of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 before it crashed in San Diego, killing all 135 on board 2.6K 216 216 comments Best Add a Comment YouOtterKnow 5 yr. ago I used to live in the neighborhood where it crashed. After impact, both planes began to fall toward earth. San Diego A packed Pacific Southwest Airlines jet and a student pilot's rented plane collided head-on Monday, and both planes crashed in flaming fragments into a populous residential area. Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 - 5 May 1971) was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse who is known for surviving the disastrous sinkings of both the RMS Titanic and her sister ship, the HMHS Britannic in 1912 and 1916, respectively. The crash occurred in 1948 and the hand was found in 1999. Gibson spent the majority of his athletic career with the Pittsburgh Pirates before serving as a player-coach for the New York Giants for his final two seasons. He also did not want any of their vehicles running over any bodies strewn across the streets.69 He later said, [The fire crews] really didnt need orders from methey saw the fires, they saw the hydrants, and they went into action, laying down lines of hoses and beginning to fight the fires. After encircling and converging upon the fires core, they were able to keep the fires confined to Dwight Street.70, Several local radio and television crews broadcast from the site. Earl Lohnes, Niantic, CT Herb LeslieStewart, Monterey SDHC #727-214: N533PS. Aircraft similar to Gibbs Flite Centers Cessna N7711G. Known as VORAD (Vehicle On-Board Radar), it works like a police radar gun, emitting low-output microwave signals that continuously scout for obstacles closer than 300 feet ahead of a vehicle. Colleen A. Kepler, San Diego Trevor married Clark Andrews, director of her radio show, in 1938, but they divorced four years later. All photos May be an image of map, outdoors and text that says 'LAJOLLA CLAIR MONT Path of PSA flight 182 ACIFIC BEACH MISSION VALLEY OCEAN BEACH Path the Cessna 172 Lindbergh Field San Diego POINT LOMA Coronado The approximate paths of the two flights prior to about 60 seconds before the collision. In 1937, she was the second lead actress after top-billed Sylvia Sidney in the crime drama Dead End (William Wyler, 1937), with Humphrey Bogart. Post-mortem forensic specialists then began the tedious process of identifying the remains.78, Besides the local county coroners staff, the forensic investigation team included members of the Los Angeles County coroners office, two dentists, and the FBIs Disaster Squad, which compared victims fingerprints with fingerprint files sent from the bureaus Washington, D. C. headquarters.79 Local American Red Cross chapter volunteers looked at post office records and missing person reports. On board was a crew of 7 and 128 passengers, of which 30 were PSA airline employees "deadheading" to work in San Diego. Surviving resident Stanley Cichy reports that the rebuilt neighborhood, Looks normal againdifferent, but normal. On or near the September 25 anniversary date, people often leave signs and flowers, or scrawl the names of the crash victims in colored chalk at the corner sidewalk across from Nile and Dwight Streets. Gibson was in his prime during the 1909 season when he caught in 134 consecutive games, breaking the previous record of 133 consecutive games played as a catcher set by Deacon McGuire in 1895. 1649 El Prado, Suite #3 San Diego, CA 92101, For research questions: For her contribution to the film industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. According to two now-famous photographs taken by San Diego County staff photographer George Wendt, the impacting Cessna had torn away or damaged about 30 feet of hydraulically actuated control slats and flaps along the starboard wings leading edge.50 Used to enhance the aircrafts lifting and anti-stalling properties at low-speeds, their loss, plus the severing of associated hydraulic and electrical lines, caused the wing to drop.51 Despite the cabin crews best efforts to regain control, the aircraft, according to ground witnesses, just nose-dived to [its] right trailing a plume of smoke from a fire in its wing root.52, As his aircraft streaked towards the ground at over 300 mph, Captain McFerons last known radio transmission to Lindbergh Control was, This is it, baby. 53 Seconds before impact, Captain McFeron gave his last command, Brace yourself. Followed by someone in the cabin muttering, Hey baby, and a plaintive, Ma, I love yah.54, At 09:02:07, the jet linerafter traveling some 3,500 feet from the initial mid-air collision point on a heading of about 200 degrees in a right wing-low, nose down attitudeslammed nose-first approximately 80 feet northeast of the intersectionof Nile and Dwight Streets. The transponders relayed information identifying each aircrafts Call Number and computed air speed and altitude to both Lindbergh and Miramar, the groundbased air traffic controllers. The following images depicts the charred remains of the victims involved in the fiery crash of Airblue Flight 202 in July 2010. the record obituaries stockton, ca; press box football stadium; is dr amy still with dr jeff; onenote resize image aspect ratio A total . His games caught in a season record stood until 1920 when Ray Schalk caught 151 games. google street Updated 2/10/2020 - Both planes crashed in North Parka San Diego neighborhood. Michael Sulit, Del Mar Ronald Henry Burkley, Manhattan Beach We will never get over it.94, A cloud of shock and depression also affected PSAs employees and regular customers. By that afternoon, they were calling the next of kin of all those confirmed dead.83 Of course our first concernis for the families of our regular passengers, PSA President William Shimp stated during a subsequent press interview, but we like to feel we [at PSA] are a family too, andfeel it as a family loss.84 PSA employees resolutely continued to schedule flights in and out of Lindbergh Field.85. info@sandiegohistory.org Both crashes lead to some death-toll on the ground as well! Barbara Boisselle, Los Angeles, Bryce Bonner, Los Angeles He set another major league record for games played in a season by a catcher with 150, which was also previously held by McGuire since 1895. Jeff Wilson, Los Angeles Kenji Nakanishi, Santa Monica The names of five crew members and 32 of the passengers aboard Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, which crashed Monday in San Luis Obispo County, killing 43 people, were released by the . During its descent, the Boeing jet airliner was in a nose up deck approach which meant that it was almost next to impossible for its flight crew to see the small Cessna flying directly below it.39 The overhead position of the climbing Cessna 172 Skyhawks cantilevered wing would have restricted Boswell and Kazys rear view.40, At 09:01:28, Miramars radar-activated automated conflict alert alarm sounded, warning of an impending collision between the two aircraft.41 Installed only a month earlier, the system gave the ground controller no more than 40 seconds notice to warn the approaching aircraft. Price, a pilot, and D.C. Holley were biological scientists who studied the effects of work on the mind. At 09:01:47.9, just as PSA Flight 182 tipped its right wing down into banked turn roughly 2,600 feet above the intersection of 30th Street and El Cajon Boulevard, it overtook and struck Cessna N7711G with its nose wheel. Tomorrow marks the 44th year since the tragic collision of PSA Flight 182 with a single-engine Cessna over North . Air Traffic Control alerted PSA 182 that there was a . Event & Exhibition Updates James Seaman, Manhattan Beach Jim Stinnett, Los Angeles The debris of the small aircraft plummeted to the ground, the fuselage coming to rest on 32nd Street, killing both Kazy and Boswell. SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) September 25, 1978 is a date imprinted in the memories of many San Diegans. San Diego History Center Quarterly During their initial investigation, investigators discovered pieces of the Cessna embedded in the jet airliners nose landing gear, which confirmed that the nose gear had struck the smaller aircraft before smashing into the starboard wing.82, Inside PSAs Lindbergh Field headquarters building, special financial assistant Don Simonian, along with other staff, responded to a stream of phone calls asking the status of friends or loved ones on board PSA 182. From The Tribune, Friday, May 29, 1987: Archives, San Diego Air and Space Museum, #06:01568. Her final screen role was for the TV film, Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties (1987). David Bernard, Santa Monica In 1930, aged 20, she signed with Warner Bros. Not far from her home in Brooklyn was Vitagraph Studios, the last and best of the early sound process studios, which had been acquired by Warner Bros. and had become Vitaphone in 1925. Ruben Macias, Hawthorne Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182, registration N533PS, was a Boeing 727-214 commercial airliner that collided with a private Cessna 172 over San Diego, California on September 25, 1978. Volunteers removing aircraft engine debris in front of Nile and Dwight Streets. BLS Re 425 182 is hauling a PSA car train Mulhouse - Trnava (SK), passing Unterterzen. A little over a year after this photo was taken, a PSA 727 just like this (who knows, perhaps it's the same one) collided with a Cesna over San Diego and crashed, killing all 135 people on board plus the 2 on the Cesna & 7 more on the ground in the worst aviation accident in California history: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Flight_182 . The death toll of 144 makes it the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history. Anthony Poli, San Diego --Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum, pictionid66255576 - f PSA flight 182 on fire on September 25 1978 in San Diego Boeing 727-214 on fire after mid-air collision- titlearray - filename072203 hop 001cropped.jpg---Image from the SDASM Curatorial Collection.Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.) 619-232-6203, Located in Presidio Park The death toll of 144 makes it the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history to date, and it was the first Pacific Southwest Airlines . Two days later, just before midnight on September 23rd 2021, the vessel headed back to Antwerp where it berthed at the Sea-Tank Terminal at the Kanaal dock B2. Clear skies and light winds were in the forecast on the morning of September 25, 1978 as a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Boeing 727-214 operating as PSA Flight 182 departed Los Angeles International Airport bound for San Diego. Flight 182 remains the worst air disaster in California's history. Shot 15.05.2016 at the Gaydon Motor Museum, Warwks REF 117-182. He was one of many victims surviving family members who brought a lawsuit against PSA.86 Other North Park residents suffered the loss of their homes. Tom Pekny provided this photo of his grandmother, Louise Martin, a San Diego passenger on PSA Flight 182 when it crashed on Sept. 25, 1978. PSA Flight 182 & 1771 Memorial Page This page is dedicated to the PSA employees who were lost on flight 182 and 1771 PSA Flight 182 September 25, 1978 Jane Whyle-Spitz Flight Attendant Joined PSA in 1967 Dee Young* Flight Attendant Joined PSA in 1973 PSA Flight 1771 This is a scan of a photo I obtained years ago from the NTSB inquiring about the PSA 182 midair collision on 9.25.78 while on final to San Diego's Lindbergh Field. A total of 144 people were killed in the collision, including 135 people aboard PSA Flight 182, two men aboard the Cessna and seven people on the ground. The 33-year-old mother and her eight-month-old son had only suffered minor lacerations to their hands and foreheads, though they were splattered with blood.88, Wounds of another kind affected dozens of police, firefighters, clergy, volunteers, and other first responders mentally shaken from the horrors they witnessed that day. Trevor made a guest appearance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998. Authors collection. The following images depicts the charred remains of the victims involved in the fiery crash of Airblue Flight 202 in July 2010. In The News! John Dumas, Los Angeles In El Cajon . Perry Flashman, Culver City James Edward McFeron, Escondido Pauleen Colarich, Concord 263K views 4 years ago This raw video was shot as News 8 reporters and photographers made their way to North Park to the scene of the PSA Flight 182 crash. 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