Dedicated to the 42 Onboard Braniff International Flight 250.

On 6-Aug-1966, Braniff 250, a British Aerospace BAC-1-11 twin jet, registration N1553, was ripped apart by horizontal wind shear 5,000 feet above the Antone Schawang farm northeast of Falls City, NE.
Empennage, N1553, Braniff Flight 250
Empennage closeup. It was clear that this had seperated from the aircraft and fallen well away from the main wreckage, which hit further northeast.

On 6-Aug-1966, Braniff 250, a British Aerospace BAC-1-11 twin jet, registration N1553, was ripped apart by horizontal wind shear 5,000 feet above the Antone Schawang farm northeast of Falls City, NE.

Their story is told in the book, Deadly Turbulence: The Air Safety Lessons of Braniff Flight 250 and Other Airliners, 1959-1966, published by McFarland.

The author, Steve Pollock, has been a journalist, author, teacher, public school advocate and wrangler of beagles and basset hounds for over 30 years. He’s pretty passionate about all of those things.