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Contact with the ground, that garage. . >> its a dreary december morning in 1960, when twa and united have another catastrophic incident. this time, over new york city. 10:25 a.m., air traffic control alters the route of united flight 826, a dc-8, shaving 11 miles off its path to new yorks laguardia airport. 10:30 a.m., united is at 14,000 feet and cleared to descend to five. at the same moment, twa flight 266, a super-cony, like the one that crashed over the grand canyon, is headed to idlewild ...

Both planes approach 5,000, theres a brutal collision. one of the dc-8s engines tears through the fuselage of the super-cony. the twa plane breaks into pieces and goes down on the spot, crashing in staten islands miller airfield. but the united jet manages to stay aloft for 8 1/2 more miles, until its over park slope, brooklyn, where tom regan, then 20 years old, is standing on the street. >> across the street at seventh avenue and sterling place, just stepping on the corner, when i heard a loud...

Air traffic control system, the burden of maintaining separation between commercial aircraft fell mainly on pilots. they kept their distance using whats called visual flight rules, otherwise known as see and be seen. >> think of it as driving your car. you avoid traffic by seeing it and not putting your car where theres another car. the airplane works in visual flight rules the same way. >> see and be seen is a catastrophic failure in two deadly collisions between the same two airlines, twa and ...