60 Years Ago Today - Worst Commercial Aviation Accident To That Date

[+ azdr0710]

Mid-air collision over the Grand Canyon....a TWA Constellation and a United DC-7, both flying out of Los Angeles, collide at about 21,000 feet.....directly led to fundamental changes in air traffic control and creation of the FAA

 

my mother, a young stewardess at the time, worked the same TWA flight the next day....some tense hours for her parents on the day of the crash....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Grand_Canyon_mid-air_collision

 

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/letters/2014/07/15/twa-flagstaff-teamed-up-to-repair-burial-site/12710507/

 

http://images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/5.44.2010/image038.jpg

 

 

http://cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2014/07/08/40f39d30-6a0f-4996-92e5-a3cb3b33679c/thumbnail/620x350/bdbbcc5c8c049e2649a3ef2babe46899/grandcanyonap304720298940.jpg

 

http://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2014/07/GrandCanyon.jpg