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Discovery Channel Show Features Episode on 1950 Lake Michigan Plane Crash

By April 30, 2020No Comments

The Discovery Channel show “Expedition Unknown” aired an episode on February 12 chronicling the history of the still-undiscovered Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, which crashed into Lake Michigan on June 23, 1950.

In the 90-minute episode, TV show host Josh Gates speaks with the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) board member

Valerie van Heest about the flight that killed all 58 onboard. The MSRA has spent many years attempting to find the plane wreckage, which was not found floating in the water off of the western coast of Michigan shores 70 years ago.

To learn more about the MSRA, visit michiganshipwrecks.org. To view the Discovery Channel episode, visit go.discovery.com.