This flight ended a little worse.
At just after 9 a.m. on September 25, 1978, a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) 727 with 127 passengers and seven crew hit a Cessna 172 on approach to Lindbergh Airport in San Diego. Both aircraft fell into the North Park area of the city. All 135 on the PSA plane and both on board the Cessna were killed on impact as were seven on the ground."
As is often the case with tragedies like this, it brought out the best - and worst - in the citizens of San Diego. An estimated 3000 people descended on the scene and some began looting the bodies and houses. Meanwhile, local establishments sent over food and drink for the rescuers while others went to blood banks to donate for what they hoped would be dozens of survivors.
At just after 9 a.m. on September 25, 1978, a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) 727 with 127 passengers and seven crew hit a Cessna 172 on approach to Lindbergh Airport in San Diego. Man, don't even get my noggin thinking about that horrible crash. Every time I start thinking about the horrific stories of the carnage on the ground, it gives me nightmares. Grown men still go through counseling over what they saw that day in the North Park subdivision of San Diego. |
yeah I remember that one it took out four houses on the ground, I ended up on the site where the Cessna went down.
not especially good memories.