Image / Removing damaged jet from runway

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Removing damaged jet from runway
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Musgrove, Dean
Date Created and/or Issued: 1981
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
This crash occurred after an air traffic controller incorrectly cleared the plane, flying from San Jose, for landing. The captain delayed the go-around and the plane stalled. It then banked left and the wingtip touched the runway, causing the nose to go down and for the plane to skid down the runway. A fire then broke out, but only four of the 96 passengers and crew members sustained minor injuries.
Airport staff works with a crane to tow a damaged Air California 73 jet off one of the runways at John Wayne Airport.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00093521
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b001_f6_i6
CARL0005027858
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29264
Subject: Air California
John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, Calif.)
John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, Calif.)--Employees
Aircraft accidents--California--Santa Ana
Airplanes--California--Santa Ana
Runways (Aeronautics)--California--Santa Ana
Boeing 737 (Jet transport)
Airports--California--Santa Ana
Santa Ana (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.