Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on 3 June 1963 by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered '' N290 '' which crashed into the sea off the coast of Alaska with the loss of all 101 crew and passengers on board . It was the airline 's deadliest disaster until the crash of flight 255 24 years later
flight 255
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Northwest Airlines Flight 293