Elkton, Maryland
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Elkton is a town in and the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,776 at the 2020 census, up from 15,443 in 2010. It was formerly called Head of Elk because it si
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US 40 westbound past Maryland 781 in Elkton
Pan Am Flight 214
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Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Baltimore, and then to Philadelphia in the United States. On December 8, 1963, while flying from B
Elkton, Maryland
…came to Elkton. But an era faded in the northeastern Maryland county seat when the last commercial wedding chapel closed in 2017. On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 was struck by lightning and crashed near Elkton, taking 81 lives. The crash was listed in the 2005 Guinness World Records as the "Worst Lightning Strike…
Wreckage of the aircraft
N709PA, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1958
Wreckage of the aircraft
Burning remains of the aircraft