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.
On June 30, 1956, a Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation operating as TWA Flight 2, was struck by a Douglas DC-7 Mainliner operating as United Air Lines Flight 718 over Grand Canyon National Park, Ari
1960 New York mid-air collision
…had accumulated 3,561 flight hours, of which 204 were in the Constellation. Star of Sicily's sister ship N6902C, Star of the Seine, was destroyed in another mid-air collision with a United Air Lines flight in 1956. At 10:21 a.m. EST, United 826 advised ARINC radio that one of its VOR receivers was inoperative, and the message…
The location of the two crash sites in the Grand Canyon
N6902C, the Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation involved in the collision
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-7 Mainliner, similar to the one involved in the collision
1956 Grand Canyon mid air collision NRHP plaque