Lockheed 1049

Date: December 16, 1960
Location: Staten Island / Brooklyn, New York
Aircraft: MD DC-8-11 / Lockheed 1049 S Const
Reg: N8013U / N6907C
Airline: United Air Lines / Trans World Airlines
Flight No: 826/266
Fatalities: 128 : 128 +6

The wreckage of a United Air Lines DC-8 that crashed into the streets of Brooklyn, New York after colliding with a TWA  Super Constellation over Staten Island in 1960. The last picture is of the TWA Constellation at Miller Army Field in Staten Island. The accident occurred after DC-8 flew past its holding pattern at twice the speed it was authorized to go.