It was 59 years ago this week when an airliner took off from what’s now JBLM and headed north for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. En route, somewhere off the coast of Southeast Alaska, something went wrong. The four-engine propeller plane, operated by Northwest Airlines, disappeared and was never found.

<p>It was 59 years ago this week when an airliner took off from what&rsquo;s now JBLM and headed north for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. En route, somewhere off the coast of Southeast Alaska, something went wrong. The four-engine propeller plane, operated by Northwest Airlines, disappeared and was never found.</p>

Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right. 

<p>Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien bring you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right. </p>

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