United Airlines Flight 173  was a Douglas DC-8 en route from Denver to Portland International Airporton December 28, 1978. When the landing gear was lowered, only two of the green landing gear indicator lights came on.The plane circled in the vicinity of Portland while the crew investigated the problem. After about an hour the plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a sparsely populated area near 158th and East Burnside, killing 10 and seriously injuring 24 of the 189 on board the aircraft.

           A United Airlines Douglas DC-8-61, similar to Flight 173

Denzel won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1990 for
his role in GLORY. He also won a second Oscar for Best Actor in
2002 for his work in TRAINING DAY. Washington has also been
awarded two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.

This was Frankie Avalon’s second Billboard chart topper in 1959.

Nichelle Nichols was a singer with Duke Ellington and Lionel
Hampton before becoming an actress. She is best known
for her role as Communications Lt. Uhura of STAR  TREK
which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1969. Nichelle was one of
the first black women to be featured in a major TV series.