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Jack Parshall was an American pilot [1] and air crash investigator who became lead investigator for the Civil Aeronautics Board.Investigations that he led include the bombing of United Air Lines Flight 629 in 1955 [2] and the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision.
A 55-year-old Virginia man died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day, a distance of 21 miles (33.8 kilometers), authorities said Monday.
A 20-year-old woman's body was found at the Grand Canyon on Tuesday after days of searching for her, officials said Thursday. Leticia A. Castillo's death was the third one reported at the national ...
A man died after trying to parachute off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Thursday, officials said. The man tried a BASE jump around 7:30 a.m. from Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park ...
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When Fletcher conducted the trip in 1963, the National Park did not encompass the entire length of the canyon, the park was later expanded to include the entire Canyon. The first person to walk the entire length of the Grand Canyon was Kenton Grua in 1977. He was inspired by Fletcher's book but set out to "do it right" by walking from end to ...
A 67-year-old man died when he fell over a ledge while visiting the Grand Canyon, marking the third death in eight days at the popular tourist destination.
The Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred in the western United States on June 30, 1956, when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first plane fell into the canyon while the other slammed into a rock face. All 128 on board both airplanes ...