Wow... Cool story line, but I don't think I've heard it!
It really is a great story. At the end of the song, the artist says it's a true story and he was on that flight. Probably a good line to make the ballad better, but I don't know. Seems like the name of the airfield in the song was "Old Collins Field". We used to have a tape with the song on it but after 20+ years and 3 moves we can only find the case it used to be in. There were a lot of good "Trucker" songs on it.