United Airlines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner , registration NC37510 , on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24 , 1947 about southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport , Utah , United States . There were no survivors among the 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board . It was the first crash of a DC-6 , and at the time it was the second deadliest air crash in the United States , surpassed by Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 by only one fatality
Eastern Air Lines Flight 605
Eastern Air Lines Flight 605
United Airlines Flight 608