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Description: On the morning of December 16, 1960, United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, collided with Trans World Airlines Flight 266, a Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation. The TWA aircraft crashed at Miller Airfield on Staten Island. The United DC-8, however, continued several miles to the northeast and impacted the ground in Brooklyn.
Title: Photo of United 826 crash site 4
Credit: https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=58&LLTypeID=2
Author: FAA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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