United Airlines Flight 297
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 23, 1962 |
| Type | Bird strike |
| Site | near Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Fatalities | 17 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
| Operator | United Airlines |
| Tail number | N7430 |
| Passengers | 13 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Viscount 745D, was a scheduled flight from Newark International Airport (EWR/KEWR) in Newark, New Jersey to Washington, D.C. with 17 people on board.
On November 23, 1962 at approximately 12:24 P.M. EDT, it crashed near Ellicott City, Maryland after striking a flock of whistling swans while cruising at 6,000 ft. (1,800 m). The bird strike caused the horizontal stabilizer to separate, leading to loss of control and the crash which killed all on board. The crew were Captain Milton J. Balog, Copilot Robert J. Lewis, and Stewardesses Mary Kay Klein and Kaaren G. Brent. Captain Balog had been with Capital Airlines, which had operated Viscount N7430 (s/n 128) prior to Capital's merger with United.
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United Airlines uses the 297 flight designation for the BWI Airport (BWI/KBWI) in Baltimore, Maryland to the San Francisco International Airport (SFO/KSFO) in San Francisco, California flight route.
