Knox County Regional Airport
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Knox County Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine, United States. It is located three nautical miles south of the central business distric
Knox County Regional Airport
Approaching the runway for landing over Ash Point Road
Downeast Airlines Flight 46
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Downeast Airlines Flight 46 was a scheduled airline service in the United States from Boston's Logan International Airport to Rockland, Maine, operated by Downeast Airlines. On May 30, 1979, the de Ha
Knox County Regional Airport
…and <1% military. At that time there were 67 aircraft based at this airport: 62 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 1 glider. On May 30, 1979, Downeast Flight 46 crashed on approach to the airport when the pilots descended below the minimum allowable altitude in difficult weather and failed to correct their…
The wreckage on the crash site
The aircraft involved in the crash pictured in 1973, then operated by Air Illinois