Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
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Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 was a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 that collided with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. Both aircraft were dest
The crash site of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
N68650, the Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 involved in the accident
A Cessna 310 similar to the accident aircraft
John Theodore McNaughton was an American government official who was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Robert S. McNamara's closest advisor. He died i
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
…on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The aircraft were both operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) and were in radio contact…
McNaughton (right) taking the oath of office to become Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, ISA in 1963