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Both planes approach 5,000, there's a brutal collision. one of the dc-8's engines tears through the fuselage of the super-cony. the twa plane breaks into pieces and goes down on the spot, crashing in staten island's miller airfield. but the united jet manages to stay aloft for 8 1/2 more miles, until it's 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, loud whining. and when i turned around, the wing of the plane, united airlines, was catching i...

One of them isn't working and the plane is also traveling more than 500 miles per hour. a speed later determined to be excessive and the dc-8 flies past its clearance. >> i would equate it to driving down a street. if you know where you are and know the second left turn is the turn you need to make, that's great. but if you didn't see the first road to the left, you would drive beyond it because you didn't recognize the first cue. >> at 10:33 a.m., laguardia tower advises them of traffic to the right. no one realizes it, but the united dc-8 is headed straight for them. seconds later, as both p...

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