One error of fact in the article... while discussing the 1956 Grand Canyon collision, the article says there hasn't been a collision between airliners in the US for 47 years, presumably referring to the TW/UA collision over Brooklyn, NY in 1960.
However, on December 4, 1965, and Eastern L-1649 Connie and a TW 707 collided over Danbury, CT. The TW 707 landed safely at JFK (was it Idlewild at the time?) but the EA Constellation made a controlled crash landing in a field 40 miles north of NYC. There were 4 fatalities, including the Eastern captain who went back into the burning wreckage to assist the evacuation.
Last edited by RobertS975; 31st August 2007 at 01:15.