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United Airlines Flight 2860

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Douglas DC 8 54(F), United Airlines JP5956384
Douglas DC 8 54(F), United Airlines JP5956384

United Airlines Flight 2860 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, with an intermediate stop added at Salt Lake City, Utah. On December 18, 1977, operated by one of the airline's Douglas DC-8 Jet Traders, registration N8047U, the flight was in a holding pattern in Utah and crashed into a mountain in the Wasatch Range near Fruit Heights. All three crew members, the only occupants of the plane, were killed in the accident.

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United Airlines Flight 2860
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Douglas DC 8 54(F), United Airlines JP5956384
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Bonneville Shoreline Trail
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The Bonneville Shoreline Trail is a mixed use (biking/hiking) recreation trail in Utah that roughly follows the shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric pluvial lake which existed in northern Utah before naturally draining about 14,000 years ago. Some sections of the trail are complete while other parts are still being developed. The Bonneville Shoreline Trail hopes to one day stretch from the Idaho border (north of Logan, Utah) and run southward all the way to Nephi, Utah. While the planned termini are 150 miles (240 km) apart, the trail will weave in and out of many canyons of the Wasatch Mountains, totaling 305+ miles of dirt and paved trails. Passing near the large population centers of the Wasatch Front, the planned trail is located within 20 miles (32 km) of 80% of the population of Utah.Although conceptual plans for the Bonneville Shoreline Trail date from 1990 as a way to connect and preserve existing trails in the Wasatch Front, construction has been spurred on by the trail's recognition in 1999 as a Millennium Legacy Trail. As of 2016, several noncontinuous sections of the planned trail had been completed, totaling about 107 miles (172 km); however, there are plans to refurbish some completed areas as they are being connected and the length is extended. Much of the trail's construction is organized by county and city-level groups, through a combination of governmental, public, and private means. The U.S. Forest Service also provides management for construction and maintenance of the sections of the trail in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.