years old.”
He explained that Flight 417 had departed Chicago for Pittsburgh during a severe winter storm.
The aircraft was a turboprop carrying passengers and crew.
The captain was Frank Dorsey, an experienced pilot with twenty-five years of service.
“He was the best pilot I ever knew,” Dad said. “Always humming Frank Sinatra during takeoff.”
About forty minutes into the flight, Frank complained of chest discomfort.
He thought it was indigestion.
Five minutes later, he collapsed across the controls.
A massive heart attack.
Dad summoned the senior flight attendant, Ruth
