On December 16, 1960, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 heading for Idlewild Airport in New York City collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending toward LaGuardia Airpor
The crash site of the United Air Lines DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 that was similar to the aircraft involved in the accident.
N6907C, the Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation involved in the accident, in 1957
The tail assembly of N8013U, the Douglas DC-8 involved in the collision.
Douglas DC-8
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The Douglas DC-8 is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company. Work began in 1952 toward the United States Air Force's requirement for a j
1960 New York mid-air collision
…On December 16, 1960, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 heading for Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York City collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation…
DC-8-72 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in 1998. This aircraft, once operated by NASA, was re-engined with CFM56s.
DC-8 cockpit
Six-abreast economy cabin, 1973
The DC-8-10 was first launched on April 9, 1958.