Template:Did you know nominations/American Airlines Flight 320

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 07:36, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

American Airlines Flight 320

  • ... that even though the captain of American Airlines Flight 320 was considered one of the most experienced pilots in the world, he was blamed for its fatal crash in 1959? Source: South Bend Tribune, 4 Feb 1959,(AP) p.1 ,"American Airlines Officials said DeWitt was 'one of the world's most experienced commercial pilots.'"
    • ALT1:... that the crash of American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft, occurred less then two weeks after the airline starting using the type of aircraft? Source: Chicago Tribune, 20 January 1959, p. 26
    • ALT2:... that even though the surviving pilots of American Airlines Flight 320 insisted that the cause of the crash was defective altimeters, investigators eventually concluded that the pilots were at fault? Source: Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb 1959, p.1 for co-pilot's statement, CAB report for investigative conclusion.
  • Reviewed: 4 DYK credits, no QPQ required

5x expanded by RecycledPixels (talk). Self-nominated at 06:25, 5 June 2020 (UTC).

  • Symbol voting keep.svg Article was 5x expanded in the last 7 days (9,833b to 55,858b). QPQ is not needed yet. Primary hook is interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK. References behind paywall accepted in good faith. Mccunicano☕️ 09:24, 10 June 2020 (UTC)