Douglas DC-8 crash, Dec 16, 1960 (90 killed), New York Ne...
Douglas DC-8 accident on December 16, 1960 near New York New York, United States with 90 fatalities. Cause: United Flight 826 proceeded beyond its...
- Date: December 16, 1960
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: New York New York, United States
- Fatalities: 90
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: United Flight 826 proceeded beyond its clearance limit and the airspace allocated to it. Contributing factors were the high speed of the DC 8 and a revised clearance that shortened the route by about 11 miles.
A United Air Lines DC 8 (msn 45290) collided with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation near Staten Island, New York, and the DC 8 crashed in Brooklyn. Sources agree that all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six people on the ground were killed.