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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Douglas_DC-2_TWA_NC13719_%2814168322351%29.jpg/375px-Douglas_DC-2_TWA_NC13719_%2814168322351%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Douglas_DC-2_TWA_NC13719_%2814168322351%29.jpg/500px-Douglas_DC-2_TWA_NC13719_%2814168322351%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1713" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.3em;">A TWA DC-2, similar to the aircraft involved</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #082567; color: white">Accident</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">March 1, 1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Summary</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terrain" title="Controlled flight into terrain">Controlled flight into terrain</a> in <a href="/wiki/Severe_weather" title="Severe weather">severe weather</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Site</th><td class="infobox-data flabel location" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera County</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Wawona,_California" title="Wawona, California">Wawona, California</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #082567; color: white">Aircraft</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Aircraft type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">Douglas DC-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines" title="Trans World Airlines">Transcontinental & Western Air</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">Registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">NC13789</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Flight origin</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Destination</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Winslow,_Arizona" title="Winslow, Arizona">Winslow, Arizona</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Passengers</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Survivors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The crash of <b>TWA Flight 8</b> involved a <a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines" title="Trans World Airlines">Transcontinental & Western Air</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">Douglas DC-2</a>. On March 1, 1938, during a scheduled <a href="/wiki/Passenger_flight" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger flight">passenger flight</a> from <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a> to <a href="/wiki/Winslow,_Arizona" title="Winslow, Arizona">Winslow, Arizona</a>, TWA's interstate <a href="/wiki/Hub_airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hub airport">hub</a>, the flight encountered severe weather. The pilot <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radioed</a> his intention to land in nearby <a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno</a>. The aircraft subsequently crashed on a mountain in <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a>, and was found three months later. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flight">Flight</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Flight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The aircraft was <a href="/wiki/TWA" class="mw-redirect" title="TWA">TWA</a> plane #327 AC-III,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NC13789,<sup id="cite_ref-ASN_Database_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASN_Database-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a twin-engine <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Aircraft Corporation">Douglas Aircraft Corporation</a> DC-2-112 piloted by Captain John Graves, a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Army Air Corps</a> pilot who won some measure of fame in 1932 when he located and dropped food to a group of snowbound people in northern Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crew members on board were the co-pilot, First Officer C. W. Wallace, and stewardess Martha Mae Wilson. </p><p>Flight 8 was flying from San Francisco to Winslow, which was a hub connecting TWA's transcontinental <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> route.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It departed San Francisco in conditions of good visibility, with a cloud ceiling between 6,000 and 7,000 feet (1,800 and 2,100 m),<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had sufficient fuel to last until midnight.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accident report list the causes of the disaster as "a change in wind direction and a sharp increase in velocity, unknown to the pilot, together with the pilot's confusion as to his position with reference to the Fresno Radio Range station, which combined to bring about flight over mountainous terrain, ending in a crash at near his reported cruising altitude."<sup id="cite_ref-ASN_Database_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASN_Database-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disappearance">Disappearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Disappearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two hours after takeoff, the flight encountered a building weather front that developed into the most severe storm on the West Coast in 64 years. As the flight neared the <a href="/wiki/Tehachapi_Mountains" title="Tehachapi Mountains">Tehachapi Mountains</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield, California</a>, Captain Graves noticed ice forming on the wings. He advised <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_controller" title="Air traffic controller">air traffic controllers</a>, who ordered him to divert to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> due to the deteriorating weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graves replied that he planned to divert to nearby Fresno due to local weather. At 9:28 PM, he requested a weather update; this was his last transmission received by air traffic control. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Search_efforts">Search efforts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Search efforts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Officials based their search area on the reports of Mrs. C.G. Landry, who was operating the <a href="/wiki/Southern_California_Edison" title="Southern California Edison">Edison Electric Company</a> power house on <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Lake" title="Huntington Lake">Huntington Lake</a>, approximately 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Fresno. She observed the plane at 9:29 PM flying along the <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_River" title="San Joaquin River">San Joaquin River</a> at an altitude of 500 feet (150 m).<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The search was concentrated in the snow-covered <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada mountains</a> to the east of Fresno.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Severe storms that lingered throughout the week hampered searches for the missing aircraft. Pelting rain and heavy winds prevented the use of aircraft in the search, forcing searchers to rely on <a href="/wiki/Automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobile">automobiles</a>, which were unsuited for the rugged mountain terrain. Harold Bromley, the Fresno inspector for the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aeronautics_Board#History" title="Civil Aeronautics Board">Bureau of Air Commerce</a>, told reporters that the "visibility in the Fresno area was practically zero" as a result of the downpour.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The general search involved both TWA and government officials, who drove to Fresno from San Francisco and Los Angeles to aid in the search.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As days passed, Transcontinental & Western Air grew increasingly desperate to find the aircraft, and eventually offered a $1,000 reward (equivalent to $21,645 in 2023) to anyone who could locate the aircraft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hoax_call">Hoax call</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hoax call"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 2, 1938, the day after the flight's disappearance, Transcontinental & Western Air headquarters told reporters that it had received a message purporting to be from <a href="/wiki/United_Airlines" title="United Airlines">United Airlines</a> offices in Fresno, which claimed that the missing aircraft had been found. The telephoned message said that the plane had been found approximately 20 miles from Fresno with "several passengers injured but everybody alive," as later reported in the <i>Ogden Standard Examiner</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ogden2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon investigation, however, the message turned out to be a hoax; the plane had not been found. An outraged TWA spokesman denounced the message as "one of the cruelest hoaxes ever perpetrated."<sup id="cite_ref-ogden2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ogden2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officials at United Airlines offices in both Fresno and San Francisco denied that their employees had been the ones to call in the hoax. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three months after the crash, the aircraft had still not been located. A private citizen, 23-year-old H.O. Collier of Fresno, began a personal search for the missing plane after interviewing numerous TWA personnel and studying charts of the flight path. In early June, Collier hiked into the snowy terrain northeast of <a href="/wiki/Wawona,_California" title="Wawona, California">Wawona, California</a>, and discovered the wreckage of the aircraft on June 12, 1938. The crash site was located 32 miles (51 km) northwest of the area searched by investigators. </p><p>The aircraft was partially buried in the snow of Buena Vista Crest, within Yosemite National Park. Eight bodies out of 9 occupants were thrown from the plane. Only the body of stewardess Wilson was trapped in the wreckage. </p><p>Investigators speculated that the aircraft had been blown off course while attempting to divert to Fresno, and had subsequently lost <a href="/wiki/Radio_contact" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio contact">radio contact</a>. It appeared that the plane had sheared off the tops of pine trees while in a steep bank and crashed into the mountain 200 feet (61 m) below the summit. </p><p>Seventy-one years later, Bob Hoskin of Redlands, California discovered a collection of artifacts from the crash in a cedar chest at a yard sale. It included a collection of original crash scene photos, letters from family members & TWA Officials, the TWA $1,000.00 reward check stub, First Officer Salisbury's pilot cap, a detailed manuscript written by Collier himself about how he found the plane, and several rejection letters regarding his composition.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation">Investigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 13, 1938, after the discovery of the crash site of Flight 8, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_C._Roper" title="Daniel C. Roper">Daniel C. Roper</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a>, named a special board to investigate the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-fresno_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fresno-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the members of the inquisitorial board made their way cross-country from <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coroner" title="Coroner">coroner</a> ruled that the cause of death of the victims of the flight was "<a href="/wiki/Accidental_death" title="Accidental death">accidental</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-fresno_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fresno-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_in_the_United_States" title="List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States">List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines" title="Trans World Airlines">Trans World Airlines</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=TWA_Flight_8&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-KANSAS CITY.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=TWA+Museum+Archives+1929-2002%2C+K0453&rft.atitle=INCIDENT+FILES%2C+Box+133%2C+Accident+%E2%80%93+March+1%2C+1938+%231+Fresno%2C+CA+%E2%80%93+Plane+%23327+AC-III&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATWA+Flight+8" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ASN_Database-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ASN_Database_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASN_Database_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19380301-0">ASN Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ogden-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ogden_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUP1938" class="citation news cs1">UP (March 2, 1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gendisasters.com/california/12691/yosemite-national-park-ca-airliner-crash-mar-1938">"AIRLINER DISAPPEARS -- NINE ABOARD. TRANSPORT MISSING SINCE LAST NIGHT IN HIGH SIERRAS"</a>. <i>Ogden Standard Examiner</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ogden,_Utah" title="Ogden, Utah">Ogden, Utah</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302173933/http://www3.gendisasters.com/california/12691/yosemite-national-park-ca-airliner-crash-mar-1938">Archived</a> from the original on March 2, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ogden+Standard+Examiner&rft.atitle=FALSE+REPORT+OF+SAFE+LANDING+BRANDED+BY+AIRLINE+OFFICIALS+AS+%27CRUELEST+HOAX+EVER+PERPETRATED%27%3B+HUNT+DIFFICULT.&rft.date=1938-03-02&rft.au=UP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gendisasters.com%2Fcalifornia%2F12691%2Fyosemite-national-park-ca-airliner-crash-mar-1938&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATWA+Flight+8" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHernandez2014" class="citation news cs1">Hernandez, Kristina (5 January 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sbsun.com/2014/01/05/redlands-mans-collection-documents-1938-twa-plane-crash-in-yosemite">"Redlands man's collection documents 1938 TWA plane crash in Yosemite"</a>. <i>The Sun</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sun&rft.atitle=Redlands+man%27s+collection+documents+1938+TWA+plane+crash+in+Yosemite&rft.date=2014-01-05&rft.aulast=Hernandez&rft.aufirst=Kristina&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbsun.com%2F2014%2F01%2F05%2Fredlands-mans-collection-documents-1938-twa-plane-crash-in-yosemite&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATWA+Flight+8" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fresno-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fresno_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fresno_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSource:_UP1938" class="citation news cs1">Source: UP (June 14, 1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gendisasters.com/california/12691/yosemite-national-park-ca-airliner-crash-mar-1938">"U. 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style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Yosemite_destinations" title="List of Yosemite destinations">Attractions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Valley" title="Yosemite Valley">Yosemite Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Village,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Yosemite Village, California">Yosemite Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy" title="Hetch Hetchy">Hetch Hetchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacier_Point" title="Glacier Point">Glacier Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badger_Pass_Ski_Area" title="Badger Pass Ski Area">Badger Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa_Grove" title="Mariposa Grove">Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuolumne_Meadows" title="Tuolumne Meadows">Tuolumne Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tioga_Pass" title="Tioga Pass">Tioga Pass</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/To_the_Limit_(2007_film)" title="To the Limit (2007 film)"><i>To the Limit</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridalveil_Fall" title="Bridalveil Fall">Bridalveil Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Isles" title="Happy Isles">Happy Isles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirror_Lake_(California)" title="Mirror Lake (California)">Mirror Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dome" title="North Dome">North Dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernal_Fall" title="Vernal Fall">Vernal Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Fall" title="Nevada Fall">Nevada Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Yosemite_Valley" title="Little Yosemite Valley">Little Yosemite Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeConte_Memorial_Lodge" title="LeConte Memorial Lodge">LeConte Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahwahnee_Hotel#Bracebridge_tradition" title="Ahwahnee Hotel">Bracebridge Dinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Firefall" title="Yosemite Firefall">Yosemite Firefall</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Yosemite_destinations#Hiking_trails" title="List of Yosemite destinations">Hiking<br />trails</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Muir_Trail" title="John Muir Trail">John Muir Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mist_Trail" title="Mist Trail">Mist Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panorama_Trail" title="Panorama Trail">Panorama Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGurk_Meadow" title="McGurk Meadow">McGurk Meadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostrander_Lake" title="Ostrander Lake">Ostrander Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taft_Point" title="Taft Point">Taft Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel_Dome" title="Sentinel Dome">Sentinel Dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alder_Creek_(Mariposa_County,_California)" title="Alder Creek (Mariposa County, California)">Alder Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa_Grove" title="Mariposa Grove">Mariposa Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapama_Falls" title="Wapama Falls">Wapama Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lembert_Dome" title="Lembert Dome">Lembert Dome</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Rock <br />climbs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/North_face_(Fairview_Dome)" title="North face (Fairview Dome)">Fairview Dome, North Face</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Regular_Northwest_Face_of_Half_Dome" title="Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome">Half Dome, Northwest Face</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Arrow_Spire" title="Lost Arrow Spire">Lost Arrow Spire</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Arrow_Spire_Tip" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost Arrow Spire Tip">Lost Arrow Spire Tip</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Lightning_(climb)" title="Midnight Lightning (climb)"> Midnight Lightning</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Arches_Route" title="Royal Arches Route">Royal Arches Route</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salath%C3%A9_Wall" title="Salathé Wall">Salathé Wall (El Capitan)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Steck-Salath%C3%A9_Route" title="Steck-Salathé Route">Steck-Salathé Route (Sentinel Rock)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Reality_(climb)" title="Separate Reality (climb)">Separate Reality</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nose_(El_Capitan)" title="The Nose (El Capitan)">The Nose (El Capitan)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Muir" title="John Muir">John Muir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mather" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Curry Village, California">Camp Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wawona_Hotel" title="Wawona Hotel">Wawona Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housekeeping_Camp" title="Housekeeping Camp">Housekeeping Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Aulin_High_Sierra_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp">High Sierra Camps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_4_(Yosemite)" title="Camp 4 (Yosemite)">Camp 4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Natural disasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1938_Yosemite_TWA_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 Yosemite TWA crash">1938 Yosemite TWA crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Yosemite_Valley_landslide" title="1996 Yosemite Valley landslide">1996 Yosemite Valley landslide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Merced_River_flood" title="1997 Merced River flood">1997 Merced River flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_Fire" title="Rim Fire">2013 Rim Wildfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washburn_Fire" title="Washburn Fire">2022 Washburn Wildfire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nearby airports <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fresno_Yosemite_International_Airport" title="Fresno Yosemite International Airport">FAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa-Yosemite_Airport" title="Mariposa-Yosemite Airport">RMY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Yosemite_Airport" title="Mammoth Yosemite Airport">MMH</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Area_Regional_Transportation_System" title="Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System">YARTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_140" title="California State Route 140">Route 140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_41" title="California State Route 41">Route 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_120" title="California State Route 120">Route 120</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Nearby<br />municipalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foresta,_California" title="Foresta, California">Foresta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Portal,_California" title="El Portal, California">El Portal & Arch Rock Entrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosemite_West,_California" title="Yosemite West, California">Yosemite West</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chinquapin,_California" title="Chinquapin, California">Chinquapin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wawona,_California" title="Wawona, California">Wawona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bootjack,_California" title="Bootjack, California">Bootjack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa,_California" title="Mariposa, California">Mariposa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briceburg,_California" title="Briceburg, California">Briceburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakhurst,_California" title="Oakhurst, California">Oakhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midpines,_California" title="Midpines, California">Midpines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Vining,_California" title="Lee Vining, California">Lee Vining</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Additional<br />information</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Yosemite_area" title="History of the Yosemite area">History of the Yosemite area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Yosemite_area" title="Geology of the Yosemite area">Geology of the Yosemite area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Yosemite_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park">National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_Yosemite_National_Park" title="List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park">List of waterfalls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Yosemite_National_Park" title="Category:Yosemite National Park">Yosemite Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:California" title="Portal:California">California Portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Trans_World_Airlines" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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15A</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Yosemite_TWA_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 Yosemite TWA crash">1938 Yosemite TWA crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_3" title="TWA Flight 3">Flight 3</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_277" title="TWA Flight 277">Flight 277</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_513" title="TWA Flight 513">Flight 513</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_6963" title="TWA Flight 6963">Flight 6963</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_903" title="TWA Flight 903">Flight 903</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Cincinnati_mid-air_collision" title="1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision">1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_260" title="TWA Flight 260">Flight 260</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_400" title="TWA Flight 400">Flight 400</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Grand_Canyon_mid-air_collision" title="1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision">1956 Grand Canyon 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Lines Boeing 247 crash</a> (February 1934)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1935</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5)" title="USS Macon (ZRS-5)">USS Macon (ZRS-5)</a> crash (February 1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_6" title="TWA Flight 6">TWA Flight 6</a> (May 1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_4" title="United Air Lines Flight 4">United Air Lines Flight 4</a> (October 1935)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1936</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_1_(1936)" title="American Airlines Flight 1 (1936)">American Airlines Flight 1</a> (January 1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_1" title="TWA Flight 1">TWA Flight 1</a> (April 1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Southern_Flight_4" title="Chicago and Southern Flight 4">Chicago and Southern Flight 4</a> (August 1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Air_Lines_Flight_34" title="United Air Lines Flight 34">United Air Lines Flight 34</a> (December 1936)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1937</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Express_Flight_7" title="Western Air Express Flight 7">Western Air Express Flight 7</a> (January 1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster" title="Hindenburg disaster"><i>Hindenburg</i> disaster</a> (May 1937)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1938</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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