NAVIGATION ERROR
Collision Over New York
(N Z P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) WASHINGTON, June 18.
An error in navigation was mainly to blame for a crash between two airliners over New York in which 134 persons died on December 16, 1960, the Civil Aeronautics Board reported today. The report said a United Airlines DC-8 flew beyond the area for which it was cleared and then was involved in a collision with a Trans-World Airlines Lockheed Super-Constellation.
A contributory cause of the accident, according to the long report was the speed of the DC-8, which had slowed from 409 to 346 miles
an hour at an altitude of 5200 ft.
Since the accident, a speed limit of 288 miles an hour has been imposed on civilian aircraft at below 10.000 ft and within 30 miles of an airport.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29853, 20 June 1962, Page 20
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