Fifty-five passengers and three crew members died when the plane they were on disappeared when it flew into a storm over Lake Michigan in the early morning hours of June 24, 1950. SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — ...
In 1950, Northwest Orient Flight 25-01 vanished over Lake Michigan during severe weather, resulting in the deaths of all 58 people on board. Despite extensive searches, the wreckage was never found.