The World's Worst Hasn't Happened...Yet

From: Plane and Pilot | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Gwinn, Dave | Copyright information

The biggest aviation accident of the era

On June 30,1956, two luxury airliners collided over the Grand Canyon. With 123 fatalities, it was the era's worst aviation accident The Gut and powerful DC-7 severed the signature triple tail from the Constellation; and the logo empennage tumbled downward, diereby depriving the "Connie" of stabilizers, rudder and elevator.

Apparently, the DC-7 captain banked fiercely to the right to avoid impact. The DC-7's left wing, which was mutilated ...

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