Dalton Airlines Flight 56

Dalton Airlines Flight 56 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. On June 21, 2004, the Boeing 777-200 was accidentally shot down by an Israeli fighter jet, causing it to crash into a parking lot in Akron, Ohio. All 61 people on board were killed along with 2 people in the parking lot, 21 others were injured. After being questioned for the incident, pilot Ron Gartner thought the plane was a enemy jet for Iraq. He has since been discharged.

Aircraft
The Dalton Airlines Flight 56 was a Boeing 777-200 (registration N457HL). The aircraft was built and had its first flight in 1998. The crew included pilot Trevor Reid, First Officer Franklin Martinez, and flight attendants Gail Fielder, Sandra Beasley, Douglas Niederhoffer, Laura Marcos, Zack Stevenson, James Willis, Kathryn Porter, and Elsie Walsh. The aircraft had a load factor of 102 passengers, but with 51 passengers on June 21, the load factor was 51 percent. Dalton Airlines said that Mondays were the least-traveled day of the week, with the same factor seen on Saturdays in the previous six months for Flight 56

Boarding and departure
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Shootdown
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Crash
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Victims
This is a table of victims who were killed in the crash. 28 victims were from the United States, 2 were from New Zealand, 1 was from Azerbaijan, 1 was from Saudi Arabia, 2 were from Poland, and 3 were from China. The victims' names are followed by their age, occupation, and hometown.