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.
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Dec
UNITED FLIGHT 173 CRASHED ON THIS DATE IN 1978
28
Dec
DENZEL WASHINGTON IS 56 TODAY
28
Dec
LAST NUMBER-ONE SONG OF THE 50’s
This was Frankie Avalon’s second Billboard chart topper in 1959.
28
Dec
ACTRESS NICHELLE NICHOLS IS 78 TODAY
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.
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