Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Paradise Airlines Flight 901A

Paradise Airlines Flight 901A

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 1, 2024  by Wehwalt (talk) 17:58, 28 January 2024 (UTC)



Paradise Airlines Flight 901A was a passenger flight from San Jose Municipal Airport to Tahoe Valley Airport in the United States. On March1, 1964, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation (similar airplane pictured) crashed near Genoa Peak, on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe, killing all 85 aboard. The cause of the accident was the pilot's decision to attempt to land at Tahoe Valley Airport when the visibility was too low. After aborting the attempt, the crew lost awareness of the plane's location as it flew below the minimum safe altitude in mountainous terrain. The pilot likely tried to fly through a low mountain pass to divert to the airport in Reno, Nevada, and crashed into a mountain near the pass. At the time, it was the second-deadliest single-plane crash in United States history and remains the worst accident involving the Lockheed L-049 Constellation. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the airline's operating certificate, causing them to permanently shut down.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I think the last airline flight crash featured is Pan Am Flight 7 on May 28, 2022
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 * Promoted: September 6, 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: 60th anniversary of event. Not sure how to describe that the image is the same model airplane of the one that crashed, but not the exact plane.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 00:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. RecycledPixels (talk) 21:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)