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  2. 1960 New York mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    United Flight 826 proceeded beyond its clearance limit and the confines of the airspace allocated to the flight by Air Traffic Control. A contributing factor was the high speed of the United DC-8 as it approached the Preston intersection, coupled with the change of clearance which reduced the en-route distance along Victor 123 by approximately ...

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-8

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    16 December 1960 United Air Lines Flight 826, a DC-8-11 (named Mainliner Will Rogers) collided over Staten Island, New York City with TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Constellation (named Star of Sicily). [1] The 1960 New York mid-air collision killed all 128 people on both aircraft and six on the ground. 19 January 1961

  4. United Airlines Flight 826 - Wikipedia

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    On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo International Airport (Narita), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign ...

  5. List of Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    December 16, 1960 Flight 266, operated by Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Star of Sicily collided with United Air Lines Flight 826, a DC-8, over Staten Island, New York, killing all 128 on board both aircraft; another five (later six) on the ground also die. The DC-8 had been flying too fast and left the airspace assigned to it.

  6. List of mid-air collisions - Wikipedia

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    December 16, 1960: 134: 0 UA Flight 826 / TWA Flight 266: Descent United States New York City: February 1, 1963: 104: 0 MEA Flight 265 / Turkish Air Force flight: Descent Turkey Ankara: December 4, 1965: 4: 108 TWA Flight 42 / Eastern Airlines Flight 853: Descent United States Carmel, New York: March 9, 1967: 26: 0 TWA Flight 553 / Private ...

  7. Flight 826 - Wikipedia

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    Flight 826 may refer to United Airlines Flight 826. Mid-air collision on 16 December 1960; Aeroflot Flight 826, crashed on 3 August 1969;

  8. Inside United Airlines flight carnage as six hospitalised due ...

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    The NTSB said the incident on United Flight 613 occurred as the Boeing 787 was flying in Ivory Coast airspace, whose authorities have delegated the investigation to the NTSB, Reuters reports.

  9. History of United Airlines - Wikipedia

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    On December 16, 1960, Flight 826 hit another TWA Super Constellation over New York City. These accidents helped pave the way for modern Air Traffic Control . Also, in 1958, United received its first Douglas DC-8 , its first jet aircraft.