Photos of 1960 Plane Crash over Brooklyn

[Steve 78]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086028/Photos-1960-Brooklyn-airline-crash-sparked-new-era-black-boxes.html

[NoWestFF 21]

There was a similar accident over Putnam/Westchester just five years after the 1960 mid-air collision over NYC. One plane was able to make an emergency landing at JFK while the other plane crashed into a field in North Salem, NY. Thankfully far fewer lives were lost in the the second crash, only 4 as opposed to the 134 fatalities in the 1960 crash. There's a marker on a large stone on Hunt Lane in North Salem that acknowledges the accident and the local response.

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[ckroll 101]

There was a similar accident over Putnam/Westchester just five years after the 1960 mid-air collision over NYC. One plane was able to make an emergency landing at JFK while the other plane crashed into a field in North Salem, NY. Thankfully far fewer lives were lost in the the second crash, only 4 as opposed to the 134 fatalities in the 1960 crash. There's a marker on a large stone on Hunt Lane in North Salem that acknowledges the accident and the local response.

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Stunning photos. Also of note is the 1956 mid air collision of a United DC7 and a TWA Super constellation over the Grand Canyon. 128 were killed making it the largest tragedy of its day, until 1960. The Grand Canyon incident is also recognized as contributing to modern flight safety regulations.

[tommyguy 104]

Below is a link to a youtube video with live footage from the Brooklyn crash site. (The second half is about the fire aboard the USS Constellation in the Brooklyn Navy Yard which occurred just four days later.)

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A fire three days earlier in the Brooklyn Navy yard a fire aboard the USS Constellation a aircraft carrier under construction killed 50 shipyard workers and injuried 300. It took the FDNY 17 hours to bring the fire under control with a call for Scott Paks from any and all Departments in the Metro area.

What made this a difficult streak for the FD is that the same firefighters caught both jobs as they were in the same general area.

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A fire three days earlier in the Brooklyn Navy yard a fire aboard the USS Constellation a aircraft carrier under construction killed 50 shipyard workers and injuried 300. It took the FDNY 17 hours to bring the fire under control with a call for Scott Paks from any and all Departments in the Metro area.

What made this a difficult streak for the FD is that the same firefighters caught both jobs as they were in the same general area.

Port Chester Patrol 4 [ aka ] Rescue 40 responed with half of the depts Scotts [ 6 ]. We did not go to the city again for 41 years till 9/11