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Contact with the ground, that garage. . >> it's 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 york's 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 airport, known now as jfk. it's coming through 8,000 feet. united is told to head to a specific na...

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...

Air traffic control system, the burden of maintaining separation between commercial aircraft fell mainly on pilots. they kept their distance using what's 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 there's 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 united. the first crash is over the grand canyon on june 30th, 1956. >> these two pilots were havi...