Air Disasters - Season 5 Episode 2 Speed Trap
On June 6, 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a Douglas DC-9-31, enroute from Los Angeles, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah, collided in mid-air with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, of the U.S. Marine Corps, over the San Gabriel Mountains, near Duarte, California. The F-4 pilot and all 49 passengers and crew on board the civilian airliner died; the Radar Intercept Officer of the F-4 survived. Join the NTSB and military experts as they work together to uncover how a fighter jet could collide with a civilian airliner.
Year: 2026
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Studio: Smithsonian Channel
Director: André Barro, Bernard Vaillot
Cast: Stephen Bogaert
Crew:
First Air Date: May 15, 2011
Last Air date: Mar 01, 2026
Season: 25 Season
Episode: 275 Episode
Runtime: 45 minutes
IMDb: 8.20/10 by 16.00 users
Popularity: 5.7641
Language: English