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Northeast Airlines Flight 285

1957 in MassachusettsAccidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot errorAirliner accidents and incidents in MassachusettsAviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1957
February 1958 events in the United StatesNew Bedford, MassachusettsNortheast Airlines accidents and incidents

Northeast Airlines Flight 285 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Boston's Logan International Airport to New York's LaGuardia Airport with stops in Hyannis, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and New Bedford that crashed on September 15, 1957, while trying to land at New Bedford. Seven passengers and two crew members were killed in the crash and three passengers later died from injuries. It was Northeast's second fatal crash of the year (the first was Northeast Airlines Flight 823) and was followed by another deadly crash the following year.

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Northeast Airlines Flight 285
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