Friday, December 16, 1960: Plane crash in New York

A United Airlines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collide over New York City. 127 of the 128 people on the flights are killed; 6 people on the ground die. United passenger Steven Baltz, 11, survives but dies the next day.

* More about Steven Baltz: @

* Story about nurse who tended to Baltz (New York Times, 2002): @

* Flight paths: @

* Accident descriptions (from Aviation Safety Network): @ and @

* Front page of The New York Times (December 17): @

* "Death in the Air" (Time magazine, December 26): @

* New York Times stories marking 50th anniversary: @

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