On January 22 , 1952 , a Convair 240 operated as American Airlines Flight 6780 was flying on a route initiating in Buffalo , New York on final approach to runway 6 at Newark Airport in heavy fog conditions and crashed at 3:45 p.m. , narrowly missing the high school . All 23 on board the plane ( 20 passengers and 3 crew ) and an additional 8 people on the ground , were killed in the crash and ensuing fire , though the plane never hit the school building , as some earlier reports had indicated , and there were no students in the building at the time of the crash
American Airlines Flight 6780
American Airlines Flight 6780
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