Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. A Continental Airlines DC-10, departing Los Angeles for Honolulu, experienced tire failure of the left main landing gear during take-off, leading the captain to reject the take-off. Once it was determined that the aircraft could not stop on the runway, it was was steered to the right and departed the right corner of the runway end. About 100 feet beyond that, the left main gear failed, causing a fire to erupt. Two of Flight 603's 200 occupants were killed in the accident. Photograph caption dated March 2, 1978 reads, "Captain Gene Hersche was making his last flight piloting a Continental DC-10 which blew 2 tires during take-off to Hawaii. The plane crashed at LAX. Hershe's wife, Marion, was also aboard the aircraft." Captain Hersche was not injured in the crash.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Continental Airlines--Employees Air pilots--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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