SCOUT· 45%1h 11m·2026-08-31·True CrimeThe U.S. Forest Service’s Deadliest Aviation Disaster: Nez Perce National Forest
In June 1979, a group of U.S. Forest Service employees and volunteers boarded a routine flight into the remote Idaho backcountry to begin another summer season at the Moose Creek Ranger District. They never arrived. When both engines of their DC-3 failed over the narrow Selway River canyon, the pilots fought to keep…
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