January 21, 2025, marks 40 years since Reno's most deadly tragedy.
Seventy people lost their lives when Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed, shortly after takeoff, on January 21, 1985.
The commercial charter plane left from what was then Reno-Cannon International Airport, shortly after 1 a.m., headed for Minneapolis, when it crashed onto South Virginia Street, southwest of the runway.
One person, a teenager named George Lamson, Jr,. survived the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that an air access door had been left open and caused the plane to vibrate. But they concluded that probable cause of the crash was pilot error.
