OAK HARBOR, Wash. — An Oak Harbor woman was just 7 years old when she was pulled from the wreckage of Ozark Airlines Flight 809 in 1973. It was called a “non-survivable” airplane crash ...

The crash of Ozark Airlines Flight 809 left a permanent hole in the hearts of Johnetta McConnell and her niece, Donna Diebold. “Even after all these years it’s emotional,” McConnell says.

Nearly 50 years ago, an Oak Harbor woman survived the unthinkable: a horrific plane crash in St. Louis that killed her family and 36 others on board.

Stuart Sikes was one of only six people who survived a plane crash near Lambert in 1973. He believes too many costs are being cut and changes are needed. President Donald Trump paces the field at ...

Louis Lambert International Airport. Video shows the wreckage of Ozark Airlines Flight 809, which went down two miles short of the runway in a wooded area in Normandy, very near the University of ...

Stuart Sikes was one of only six people who survived a plane crash near Lambert in 1973. He believes too many costs are being cut and changes are needed.

Initially, he helped the airline grow through merging with Ozark Airlines in 1986, cementing TWA’s place as a dominant carrier in the St. Louis area. But the death knell for TWA came in 1988 ...