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Ian Kluft 🖥️📡

this afternoon: I finally found the United Airlines Flight 173 memorial, which I knew was in East Portland on Burnside St around 157th Ave. It's too small to find except by a cyclist or pedestrian. Now I know why I didn't spot it when driving by or riding the light rail. The light rail now runs in the median of Burnside but wasn't built until a few years after the DC-8 airliner crashed there in 1978.

United Airlines Flight 173 memorial plaque at Burnside St & 157th Ave in Portland, Oregon. The plaque reads: On the night of December 28, 1978, United Flight 173 with 189 aboard crash landed [sic] here, killing ten. We dedicate our thoughts to all who were aboard and remember those who perished. [10 names listed] photo by Ian Kluft March 9, 2025 Portland, Oregon
United Airlines Flight 173 memorial plaque at Burnside St & 157th Ave in Portland, Oregon. The plaque is too far to read in this view, which shows my bicycle next to it as how I got there. photo by Ian Kluft March 9, 2025 Portland, Oregon
United Airlines Flight 173 memorial plaque at Burnside St & 157th Ave in Portland, Oregon. The plaque is too far to read in this view, showing the view from the sidewalk on Burnside and an apartment building behind it, which was not yet built in 1978 at the time of the crash. photo by Ian Kluft March 9, 2025 Portland, Oregon
Mar 10, 2025, 02:13 AM·Public·Web
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