Ozark Air Lines Flight 965
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Ozark Air Lines Flight 965 was a scheduled commercial flight from Chicago, Illinois, to Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, with a scheduled intermediate stopover at Greater Peoria Regional Airport in Peoria, Illinois. On March 27, 1968, the Douglas DC-9-15 jetliner operating the flight, carrying 44 passengers and five crew, collided in mid-air with a single-engined Cessna 150F while both aircraft were on approach to the same runway at Lambert Field. The DC-9 landed safely with no injuries to any of its 49 occupants, while both pilots in the two-person Cessna died in the collision and subsequent ground impact.
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Lambert International Boulevard,
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| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|
| N 38.75 ° | E -90.366666666667 ° |
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St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Lambert International Boulevard 10701
63145
Missouri, United States
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