Seventy-five years after Lake Michigan's worst aviation disaster, grave markers in South Haven and St. Joe stand as silent memorials to those lost on that stormy night.

The search for Northwest Orient Flight 2501 has been called off after a 20-year search. The passenger plane carrying 58 ...

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Northwest Flight 2501 crashed into Lake Michigan 75 years ago this week. But clues uncovered in 20 years of searching lessen the mystery.

WXMI Grand Rapids, MI. The Disappearance of Flight 2501: Why the search is ending for the plane lost over Lake Michigan. Posted: June 28, 2025 | Last updated: June 28, 2025. None.

In 1950, Northwest Orient Flight 25-01 vanished over Lake Michigan during severe weather, resulting in the deaths of all 58 people on board. Despite extensive searches, the wreckage was never found.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A group is ending a 20-year search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950, killing all 58 people on board, after sweeping the vast body of water using ...

When Northwest Orient Flight 2501 crashed, it was the worst aviation disaster in U.S. history. Search ends for a plane in Lake Michigan, 75 years after then-worst crash in US history Skip to main ...

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, at the time the deadliest commercial airlines disaster in American history, disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan on June 24, 1950.

Searchers end quest to find airliner that went missing over Lake Michigan 75 years ago. Gary Miles ... While the demise of Northwest Orient Flight 2501 remains a ... No promotional rates found.