United Air Lines Flight 409
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United Air Lines Flight 409 was a scheduled flight which originated in New York City, New York. The final flight destination was San Francisco, California, with stops in Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake
A United Air Lines Douglas DC-4, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
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
United Air Lines Flight 409
…the highest death toll on a scheduled airline flight in the U.S. for less than a year. In June 1956 two airliners, a Super Constellation and a DC-7, collided over the Grand Canyon, killing 128 people. Flight 409's crash, and other crashes and mid-air collisions in the United States that occurred over the next several years…
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