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.
The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American long-range airliner and a member of the Lockheed Constellation family. It was one of the most successful and widely used variants of the Constell
1960 New York mid-air collision
…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 descending toward LaGuardia Airport. The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128…
A L-1049C of Trans-Canada Air Lines at London Heathrow Airport in 1954
The Wright R-3350 Turbo-compound engine used on later models of the L-1049
An Air France L-1049C at London Heathrow Airport, 1955
A Trans World Airlines L-1049G at Los Angeles International Airport, 1964