Eric Lattey, age 28, of River Vale NJ, and Monroe Couper age 40, of Orange, NJ died February 26, 1994, of hypothermia during an emergency bivouac atop Pinnacle Gully in Huntington Ravine. I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but I thought a majority of the debris we'd seen was in the avalanche meadow shaded blue in the photo below. http://www.dvrbs.com/monuments/berlin/BerlinWW2-FrankHBlanck.htm Quote PhilU Members 20 Author The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, a military variant of the Boeing 367-80 (known as the Dash-80), is the only jet aircraft designed specifically for aerial refueling missions. KTVZ-TV FCC Public File | FCC Applications |, Breaking News The P-I featured Seattle Center's International Fountain above the fold the day after the World's Fair debut, April 22, 1962. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History, Major Robert V. Reilly, Memphis, Texas, Pilot, Lt. While on the way down, he got lost, eventually meeting his fate in the bed of the Ammonoosuc River in the Ammonoosuc Ravine. And even though the better part of a century has passed since that fateful . The Department of Washington, Marine Corps League, in conjunction with the families of the men buried on South Tahoma Glacier, had been conducting an annual memorial ceremony at Round Pass each year on the last Saturday in August. So to follow your example, next time I'll post an internet link that may or may not be reliable, or however you put it. 26 Oct 2017: Six Chuter West Llc Legend Xl: Consideration was given to moving the granite memorial from Round Pass to the new Tahoma National Cemetery near Kent, dedicated on September 26, 1997. Has anybody found reliable facts? Washington fatal crashes (1183) View all crashes on a map. In 1963, the P-I printed commemorative issues from the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, during which gold-seekers funneled through Seattle to Alaska to strike it rich. It was then an avalanche swept through, killing Dow. The award was the first of its kind presented in Washington state. The crash claimed the lives of the pilot, Brian J. Makar, 42, and his wife, Carrie R. Makar, 43, of Burien, Washington, Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott said. "(S)treet cars will head for their respective barns, jitneys will stop operating, barber shops and the majority of restaurants will close, and activities generally in the city, so far as organized labor is concerned, will be curtailed.". The P-I was consumed with strike coverage throughout its duration. Despite his severe injuries, the pilot William Carey survived. Although it was only another half mile up the glacier, it took another four hours to reach the wreckage of the nose section. Radar tracked the aircraft to a point NW of Shelton in Grays County. The Lowes were killed Sunday afternoon when their small plane crashed and exploded near Grand Glaize Airport in central Missouri. Butler was honored again by the National Parks Service during a meeting at Grand Canyon, Arizona. On June 26, the first 14,000 U.S. troops landed in France to begin combat training. I have always been curious about the history of the accident. The same day The P-I reported on World War I, they also alerted locals that Seattle would go 'bone-dry,' as a state prohibition law went into effect. The 32 U.S. Marines remain entombed forever on Mount Rainier. It became. At 10:36 a.m. on Tuesday, December 10, 1946, six Curtis Commando R5C transport planes carrying more than 200 U.S. Marines departed El Toro Marine Air Station near San Diego on a six-and-a-half hour, nonstop flight to Naval Air Station Sand Point in Seattle. But no bodies were found although searchers dug several feet down into the ice at various locations to inspect debris. Search-and-rescue aircraft, hampered by continuing bad weather, are unable to fly for a week and ground searches prove fruitless. Some pieces of the plane were located by an assistant chief ranger hiking up Success Cleaver, on the South Tahoma Glacier at about 9,500 feet in elevation, on July 21, 1947. I believe the photos were taken somewhere in the area of the yellow X. I have followed the debris trail all the way up to the precise point of impact. The P-I celebrated the opening of the World's Fair April 21, 1962. Major Reilly was flying an IFR course, corrected for a southeast wind. However, in the mid 1990s, the road to Round Pass washed out, making the area inaccessible to everyone except hikers willing to walk four-and-a-half miles from the Longmire Ranger Station. At dawn on Wednesday, December 11, 1946, Army, Navy, and Coast Guard search planes were poised to start an intensive search of the area where the aircraft was presumed to have disappeared. The new monument was dedicated on Saturday, August 21, 1999, at the 51st annual memorial ceremony held to honor the 32 Marines entombed forever on Mount Rainier. Although no bodies were located, searchers found a Marine Corps health record, a piece of a uniform, a seat belt, a temperature control panel and fragments of an aircrafts fuselage. The P-I reports on local volunteers for World War I June 6, 1917. On the shoulder of Bald Hill, just northeast of Mount Beacon, at an elevation of about 1,100 feet, there are the remains of a Navy transport plane that crashed on Nov. 11, 1945. A Washington pilot died in a solo crash on Wednesday. FAA records show the plane was built in 1966 and owned by Wirt and his wife. Photo by Jim Salge. Air rescue units remained on alert, waiting for a break in the weather. Feb 22, 2023 : Beechcraft 200 Super King Air : Little Rock-Bill & Hillary Clinton, Arkansas : 5 After 32 minutes, Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed into a descending ridge of Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 people on board. The area that we were in (Red) looked completely different than those photos. Around 6:25 p.m. Thursday, the AFRCC called back and said they confirmed radar showed a small plane go down and provided a general area. The flight encountered extremely bad weather over southwestern Washington and four of the planes turned back, landing at the Portland Airport. United States of America. The P-I ran this aerial shot of the World's Fair campus, looking to the northwest, April 22, 1962. Read our recent reflection on the events from its 19th anniversary. headed by the Teamsters union as trade negotiations broke down. In July 1947, a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park spots wreckage on South Tahoma Glacier. Washington. Rainier, Ibid., August 28, 1947, p. 1; Fit Resting Place for Plane Victims, Ibid., August 29, 1947, p. 8; Navy Honors Finder of Plane Wreckage on Mount Rainier, Ibid., August 19, 1848, p. 1; Park Ranger Given Award, Ibid., October 4, 1948, p. 4; Candy Hatcher, Gods Monument to 32 Marines, Ibid., March 30, 2000, p. A-1; Search for Craft Moves to Randle, The Seattle Times, December 11, 1946, p. 1; Floods Slow search for Lost Marine Corps Plane, Ibid., December 12, 1946, p. 2; State Men on Missing Marine Corps Plane, Ibid., December 13, 1946, p. 13; Plane Searchers Wait on Weather, Ibid., December 14, 1946, p. 2; Weather Balks Search Parties Hunt for Plane, Ibid., December 15, 1946, p. 3; 18 Planes Hunt Lost Transport, Ibid., December 16, 1946, p. 13; Rangers Start Plane Search Tomorrow, Ibid., July 23, 1947, p. 5; Robert L. Twiss, Bad Weather delays Search for Lost Plane, Ibid., July 24, 1947, p. 1; Robert L. Twiss, Some Wreckage found in First Assault of Ice-Choked Terrain, Ibid., July 25, 1947, p. 19; Army May Seek Rainier Bodies, Ibid., August 20, 1947, p. 14;Body Removal Plans Uncertain, Ibid., August 21, 1947, p. 9; Final Climb to Crash Slated, Ibid., August 24, 1947, p. 10; Climbers Study Removing Bodies, Ibid., August 25, 1947, p. 5; Parley Set on Body Removal, Ibid., August 27, 1947, p. 2; Crash Victims Will Remain on Glacier, Ibid., August 28, 1947, p. 21; Navy Rewards Ranger Who Found Lost Plane, Ibid., August 19, 1948, p. 12; Ranger Receives Service Medal, Ibid., October 4, 1948, p. 7; "Butler, Veteran Rainier Ranger, Gets into Print, Ibid., November 9, 1949, p. 12. Photo reconnaissance aircraft would continue monitoring the crash site so that if and when conditions on the glacier improved, further attempts could be made to find and recover the bodies. The front page of the SeattlePost-Intelligenceron Wednesday,Dec. 11, 1946. However, it could not be proven that the harness belonged to the missing pilot, a captain with 11 years service. That's the new allegation as it relates to Snyder, with Goodell supposedly having signed off on a $50 million loan for Snyder in 2018 that was disputed by Washington's minority owners. Friend of mine just informed me that a Navy PV-1 Ventura crashed on NE side of the mountain on May 14th, 1943 with the loss of the entire crew of five. Colonel Alben C. Robertson, Santa Ana Heights, California, Copilot, Master Sergeant Wallace J. Slonina, Rochester, New York, Crew Chief, Master Sergeant Charles F. Criswell, San Diego, California, Private Duane R. Abbott, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Private Robert A. Anderson, Raymondville, Texas, Private Leslie R. Simmons, Jr., Kalama, Washington, Private Harry K. Skinner, Confluence, Pennsylvania, Private Lawrence E. Smith, Lincoln, Nebraska, Private Buddy E. Snelling, Columbus, Ohio, Private Bobby J. Stafford, Texarkana, Texas, Private William D. St. Clair, Los Angeles, California, Private John C. Stone, Los Angeles, California, Private Albert H. Stubblefield, Bakersfield, California, Private William R. Sullivan, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Private Chester E. Taube, Fresno, California, Private Harry L. Thompson, Jr., Kansas City, Kansas, Private Duane S. Thornton, Biola, California, Private Eldon D. Todd, Fort Collins, Colorado, Private Richard P. Trego, Denver, Colorado, Private Charles W. Truby, Anthony, Kansas, Private Ernesto R. Valdovin, Tucson, Arizona, Private Gene L. Vremsak, Calexico, California, Private William E. Wadden, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Private Donald J. Walker, Hoquiam, Washington, Private Gilbert E. Watkins, Tuscon, Arizona, Private Louis A. Whitten, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Aug. 9, 1974: The P-I splashes President Richard Nixon's resignation across the front page, reporting that he would step down at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Still, Lentinis search-and-rescue team set out in the early morning to find the two men. 107, 108 and 109. "To mention in detail the features and interest of every portion of the state would be a task impossible in the limits of this number, and therefor reliable and impartial data of a general nature only are sought to be given.". The P-I ran several war extras of the paper throughout Dec. 8 and 9, 1941, as reporters scrambled to make sense of the Pearl Harbor bombing. About 200 representatives and officers met shortly before the strike to define its goals and sentiments, the P-I reported. The Lowes were in the southern state to celebrate a . Your link has been automatically embedded. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, today's was the first fatal crash by an airliner approaching Dulles, which opened in 1962. public and the press for a decade to come.". Updated: Oct 28, 2022 / 11:38 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) Nearly a month after the site of a deadly plane crash was discovered near Mount Jefferson, officials announced the pilot's family. Although it was well off Major Reillys designated flight plan, the search for the aircraft was concentrated around Randle, Longmire, and Paradise in the southern foothills and slopes of Mount Rainier. Although buffeted by the storm, the fifth Curtis R5C flew through the weather without major difficulty, landing at Sand Point shortly after 5 p.m. The Linn County Sheriffs Office was assisted by the Deschutes County Dispatch Center, Life Flight, the US Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board with this investigation. Washington. High winds and heavy rain caused flooding at lower elevations, severely hindering search efforts and disrupting communications. Case closed, it seems. All of the Curtis R5Cs had sufficient fuel to fly for 10 hours, giving officials hope that Major Reilly had landed his plane safely at some remote location. Head out on this 3.7-mile out-and-back trail near Dixie, Washington. After two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine, pilot Captain Joseph W. Wildt decided to ditch the F102 and headed it north towards Lake Washington. Lister and act as a special adviser. A search began on foot on Dec. 13 as two rangers climbed to an elevation of 6,800 feet, but there was no sign of the plane. A year later, he was the subject of a full-length article in the Saturday Evening Post, entitled "Mountain Rescue Man.". On 14 May 1965, loggers found a parachute and harness in a tall pine tree north of Shelton. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to NewsChannel 21 that only the pilot was aboard when the single-engine Piper PA-28 crashed near Mount Jefferson Thursday afternoon. They were both severely frostbitten and close to death. That came from this website (there are others I believe): Thanks John, yep that's the one. In 1946, the loss of the Curtis Commando R5C was the worst accident, in numbers killed aboard a plane, in United States aviation history. As a pioneer in prosthetics, he creates limbs for amputees, helping them participate in sports like mountain climbing. Recently, the family and relatives of the missing pilot announced they are continuing to search for the wreckage of this jet. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a New Year's Day edition advertising the natural and agricultural features of its new state, less than two months after Washington became a state in November 1889. Powered by Invision Community. Here's a couple pics of the plane debris on the NE face of Mt. Butler explained that conditions on the glacier were so bad, it took four hours to get to the site of the original wreckage. The pilot was found dead at the scene. It names five crew members. (Video: Newsflare via AP) Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle. The one-year anniversary paper of The Great Fire detailed the city's rehabilitation, calling Seattle "Daughter of Phoenix. Fresh off being named "Man of the Year" by TIME, he underwent a 9-day goodwill tour of the United States which concluded in Seattle, according to HistoryLink.org. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here. Feb. 3, 1979: Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (or Teng Hsiao-ping) arrives in Seattle for a two-day visit. traveled to Seattle to check out the World's Fair. Park rangers thought that recent heavy snows on Mount Rainier would have covered any signs of wreckage. Meanwhile, the Navy conducted a thorough investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the aircrafts disappearance. Rescuers confirmed the pilot was deceased, as the crash was not survivable. The tragedy of flight . Families of the missing men offered a $5,000 reward to anyone finding the plane. The Nov. 5, 2008 edition reported Barack Obama's election as the United States' first black president. Jimmy Fred Jones, age 33, and Stewart Eames, age 27, of Ft. Worth TX and Russell Diedrick, of Bedford TX, died October 2, 1990 when their small plane crashed into the Great Gulf Headwall. I read on NWHikers about Jet wreckage somewhere in the upper reaches Hayes River or Godkin creek (can't remember which). Finally, at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 1947, the search party started the arduous three-and-a-half mile climb toward South Tahoma Glacier. On Friday at around 9 a.m., a Coast Guard helicopter flying search patterns during the daylight located the crash site east of Marion Lake between Mount Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack. The sun had melted the snow down to the glacial ice, revealing the nose section with the bodies of 11 men tangled inside. Other incidents are more heartbreaking, involving good Samaritans dying while trying to rescue injured/missing skiers or hikers. The following summer, Navy officials concluded the plane crashed into the side of Mount Rainier at a speed of 180 mph. Word spread, and the house began attracting tourists, and soon artists and writers were drawn as well, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, who wrote The Ambitious Guest, a short story about the tragedy. 1:24. We invite you to find more tidbits about the Northeasts highest summit here. Included in the survey party were nine experts in mountain and winter warfare from the Armys Mountain Division. Irene Hennessey, age 47, and her husband, Thomas Hennessey, age 54, died March 21, 1971 in a light plane crash above Huntington Ravine. Copyright 2022 CascadeClimbers.com WELCOME TO THE CASCADECLIMBERS.COM FORUMS. It's quiet and remote, and it also happens to be the site of an old B-17 crash from 1952 oh, and there's an old abandoned mine you can check out as well. Vernon E. Titcomb, age 56, and his wife, Jean Titcomb, age 53, both of Santa FE, CA, died August 22, 1974 when their light plane crashed above Gray Knob on Mount Adams during a thunderstorm. A month later, rangers returned to the site and found the crushed nose of the plane at 10,500 feet in elevation. It remains New Zealand's worst peacetime disaster. Under normal circumstances, the powerful Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) radio range station at Everett should have been able to receive transmissions from Major Reillys aircraft by 4:30 p.m., but heard none. In announcing that he would stay on for two months after his resignation notice, he actually stayed two months longer than he'd originally planned, aiming to retire the next month. Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reported late Friday that on Thursday at 4:14 p.m., Linn County dispatch received information an airplane went down in the area of Mount Jefferson. Washington's ravines, Wild weather and the Mt. Rule, Commandant of Naval Air Station Sand Point, announced the official decision to cease all recovery efforts on South Tahoma Glacier. As reported in this front-page graphic, more than 200 people were injured and the quake caused damage to major roadways, the Starbucks headquarters and the state Capitol. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran its commemorative 100th anniversary edition a little early - in April 1963. Added: 22 Jun 2021. Plane crash in SW Washington 1/6 Washington. The crash killed more than 90 people. Although the plane had a service ceiling of 24,500 feet, it was restricted to flying at lower altitudes when hauling passengers because the cabin was unpressurized. That afternoon, the first fragments of an aircraft were found at the 9,500-foot level, strewn over a quarter-mile-wide area and partially embedded in the ice. HAVRE (AP) The three Havre residents killed in a fiery plane crash in Washington state were the owner of an oil and gas exploration company and two of his employees, family . The rangers investigated and found the crushed nose section of the Curtis R5C, which had been buried under several feet of snow since winter. In 1963, the P-I printed commemorative issues from the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, during which gold-seekers funneled through Seattle to Alaska to strike it rich. The crash site was found at 4 p.m. on the northeast side of the summit of Mt. Home; Map of crashes; List by . soon fizzled. The one-year anniversary paper of The Great Fire ran June 6, 1890. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate, with the NTSB in charge of the investigation, he said. Associated Press. Four planes turned around and landed safely in Portland. Stormy weather in Western Washington continued for the next five days. Aug. 15, 1945: The P-I reports on Japan's surrender, effectively ending World War II. See map. The Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott released the names of those who died as a result of a plane crash near Missoula on Thursday, July 1. The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of Only after Air Force officials analyzed their radar data a little bit closer did search . Approximately 200 persons attended the solemn service, including the families of 14 of the men. The Naval Public Information Office in Seattle announced that all 32 Marine bodies had been located; 25 had been seen and there was no doubt the other seven were there also. En route from Chico, California, to Billings, Montana, the DC-3 crashed during a storm. The crash left a pit more than 1,100. 1945 plane crash site - Bald Hill History: Sep 14, 2007. [location] Pilot, Maurice Francis Graham, took off from Las Vegas carrying US mail. . 114 115. Thirty-two Marines died when their transport plane crashed into Mount Rainier in December 1946 and the men remain on the mountain face, forever entombed by decades of snow and ice. Although there have been more than 325 fatalities in Mount Rainier National Park since it was established by Congress in 1899, the plane crash on December 10, 1946, remains the greatest tragedy in the mountain's history. I do remember the stuff up higher as well. The first edition of The Weekly Intelligencer, a predecessor to the modern-day SeattlePI, prominently featured a poem title, "A Summer Scene" by Isaac M'Lellan. Ernest Lister of the Armistice. According . Jul 4, 1990. Monday, July 5th 2021. http://www.dvrbs.com/monuments/berlin/BerlinWW2-FrankHBlanck.htm. Something to consider. Before making any decisions, Navy officials advised they would seek expert advice from the Armys famous Mountain Division about recovery efforts. The airplane crashed Thursday . The rangers reported hearing the roar of avalanches on the glacier, which could have easily buried any wreckage forever. An unscientific breakdown of the list, which includes several vague causes of death indirectly associated with Mount Washington, reveals the following reasons as the most common: Inevitably, some of the deaths in the park were avoidable. The tragic death of the Willey family in a mudslide turned the countrys attention to the White Mountains, helping to set the stage for the area and Mount Washington to become tourist attractions. Another concern was the missing aircraft's color, black, making the wreckage extremely difficult to spot from the air. Dense woods, snow cover, and the Cessna's green and white paint scheme made seeing the plane from the air difficult. Crews . Excavation in December 1944 of crash site of C-47 Skytrain at Denali National Park courtesy of Kirk Dietz Denali National Park Hearst indeed turned the P-I into the United States' first daily newspaper to become an online-only newsroom. A faint beeper was heard in the search area during the first three days of the search but the source could not be pinpointed. Still, the lost Marines would not be forgotten. On May 14, 1943 a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Bureau Number (BuNo) 33142, which operated out of NAS Seattle, crashed into Mount Rose, in the Olympic National Forest in Washington State, roughly 40 miles west of Seattle. They located a similar boulder and had it moved to Veterans Memorial Park in Enumclaw, approximately 45 miles southeast of Seattle, in the foothills of Mount Rainier. You can post now and register later. 39528, The State of WashingtonWashington State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation. There was no sign of it. Their analysis was bolstered by reports from persons on the ground along the supposed line of flight where the Curtis R5C disappeared, who reported hearing a plane flying overhead. During the ceremony, Butler was presented with the Distinguished Public Service Certificate and lapel pin, the Navys highest civilian award, for his determined efforts to find the lost Marines. The rangers returned to park headquarters at Longmire and notified officials at Naval Air Station Sand Point of their discovery. In his presentation address, Colonel D. A. Stafford, USMC, told the audience that Butler had declined the $5,000 reward offered by the parents for locating the missing plane, explaining that he had only been discharging his duties as a park ranger. The general census was it would take at least 20 experienced mountain climbers, at great personal risk, about two weeks to bring 32 bodies from the crash site to the base camp. After careful consideration, all the experts agreed to abandon the mission because it would endanger the lives of the recovery parties. (Update: Family identifies pilot killed in crash; FAA info). All five crew were killed. The plane was estimated to be approximately 30 miles south of Toledo, the midpoint between Seattle and Portland. 88. "Its politics are Republican by 10,000 majority.". He crash landed in Washington County, but his plane was not found until June 24th and his body was not . The P-I issued some front-page commentary on the strike that didn't mince words: "It is not a strike; it is a delirium-born rebellion. Skiing, sports and Mt. Winters wrote that Wirt had retired from building Hollywood movie sets when he and his wife, Cindy, decided to move closer to their children and were in the process of moving to Chehalis. As of this publications deadline, the most recent fatal accident happened on April 11, 2019. The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of the Seattle Gazette. The P-I itself informed Gov. Richard Seven, Jack Broom. As the rest of the team convened at the bottom of the mountain, Dow and Harrich began their descent. They believed the wreckage, if it could be located, would be scattered on one of the glaciers on the south or southwest side of the mountain. Volunteers Albert Dow and Michael Harrich were searching Odells Gully where they found tracks that might have belonged to the missing climbers. Footage shows the final moments from inside a doomed passenger plane that crashed into a mountain in New Zealand, killing all 257 on board. Ironically, their would-be refuge was destroyed, killing all inside, but the mudslide missed the house entirely. "Mother-in-law jokes and other forms of American humor do not translate well into Chinese, and polite Seattle hosts may wish to avoid them during the Ten Hsiao-ping visit," the P-I reported. Accident [ edit] The area were the jet was presumed to have crashed has long since been logged out and populated. Yet another "souvenir" New Year's Day edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 1895 boasts of the Puget Sound area's "gifts of nature.". Reg # Accident date Aircraft type Nearest city; N382T. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then Over the next few days, Navy and National Park Service officials discussed the feasibility of the removing bodies from the glacier for burial. They planned to embark at 4 a.m. the following morning, but bad weather delayed the mission. However south of Portland, the wind changed direction, blowing from the west at 70 m.p.h. Unknown type Civilian Military Exact coordinates Nearest city. John La Porta, Brian . CFL history has been coming to life in TSN's Engraved On A Nation documentary series (full videos of the films and behind-the-scenes information available here), and the latest entry, "The Crash," did an excellent job of exploring the 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 crash that killed 62 people, including five Canadian football stars. A couple from Washington state have died in a plane crash in western Montana. "Check out archive photos illustrating the fire's devastation. In the decades after the American Revolution, the White Mountains were still a vast, empty wilderness. The current theory now is that the jet crashed somewhere deep in the southern Olympic Mountains. Look only as far as the forthcoming tear-down of the Alaskan Way Viaduct to see its continued reverberations. Protesters danced at news of the conference's failure. When Major Reilly failed to contact Toledo, establishing his new altitude, air traffic controllers became concerned. 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