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1957 Pacoima mid-air collision
On January 31, 1957, a
Douglas DC-7B
operated by
Douglas Aircraft Company
was involved in a
mid-air collision
with a
United States Air Force
Northrop F-89 Scorpion
and crashed into the schoolyard of
Pacoima Junior High School
located in
Pacoima
, a suburb in the
San Fernando Valley
of
Los Angeles
,
California
. By February 1, seven people had died and about 75 had been injured due to the incident. A 12-year-old boy subsequently died from multiple injuries from the incident on February 2.
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