1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash

aviation accident

40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.36″W / 40.7484333°N 73.9856556°W / 40.7484333; -73.9856556 (Empire State Building)

1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash
The hole in the side of the Empire State Building
Accident
DateJuly 28, 1945
SummaryControlled flight into terrain (building)
SiteEmpire State Building, New York City
Aircraft
Aircraft typeB-25 Mitchell
Aircraft nameOld John Feather Merchant
OperatorU.S Army Air Forces
Registration41-30577
Flight originBedford Army Air Field
Bedford, Massachusetts
Crew3
Fatalities14 (11 in building and 3 crew)

The B-25 Empire State Building crash was a plane crash that occurred on July 28, 1945. On that date, a B-25 Mitchell plane in heavy fog crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City. It caused 14 deaths (three people in the plane and eleven people in the building). It caused damage of around $1 million.[1]

A B-25 Mitchell like the one that crashed into the Empire State Building.

The plane crashed between the 78th and 80th floors of the building, leaving a 18 ft (5.5 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) hole in the building.[2] The fire that was started was put out in 40 minutes. It is the only fire at such a height that has been successfully put out.[2] Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a fall of 75 floors, which is the Guinness World Record for the longest fall survived in an elevator.[3] The building was reopened the Monday after the crash.

References

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  1. Jennifer Rosenberg. "The Plane That Crashed Into the Empire State Building". about.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Molnar, Matt. "On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th". NYCAviation. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  3. "Longest Fall Survived In An Elevator". guinnessworldrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2017-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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