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EPISODE · Jun 13, 2022 · 40 MIN

The crash on Crystal Mountain

from The Way it Was: A podpast · host Fort Collins Coloradoan

In the early morning hours of June 30, 1951, a four-engine luxury airliner flew off course and slammed into Crystal Mountain, killing all 50 people on board. To this day, more than 70 years later, it remains the deadliest commercial airline disaster in Colorado history. On a rocky mountain slope west of Fort Collins, signs of its devastation still linger.

In the early morning hours of June 30, 1951, a four-engine luxury airliner flew off course and slammed into Crystal Mountain, killing all 50 people on board. To this day, more than 70 years later, it remains the deadliest commercial airline disaster in Colorado history. On a rocky mountain slope west of Fort Collins, signs of its devastation still linger.

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In the early morning hours of June 30, 1951, a four-engine luxury airliner flew off course and slammed into Crystal Mountain, killing all 50 people on board. To this day, more than 70 years later, it remains the deadliest commercial airline disaster...

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