 On the evening of November 19 , 1969 , at about 20 : 03 EST , Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 , a twin engine Fairchild FH @-@ 227B turboprop , departed from Albany International Airport near Albany , New York . It was operating as a scheduled passenger / cargo flight on an instrument flight rules ( IFR ) flight plan to its destination of Warren County Airport in Glens Falls , New York , 37 nautical miles ( 69 km ) northeast , with an estimated flight time of about 15 minutes . 
