On March 17 , 1960 , Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 , a Lockheed Electra turboprop airliner flying from Chicago to Miami lost a wing due to aerodynamic flutter and crashed in southern Indiana near Tell City . All 63 on board , including the crew , perished . The victims were impacted in a crater , which became their final resting place . A monument with the names of the victims and the date of the tragedy marks the grave
Flight 710
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710
Tell City, Indiana