KLM Flight 607-E
1958 crash of a Lockheed Super Constellation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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KLM Flight 607-E was an international scheduled flight that crashed on 14 August 1958, on takeoff from Shannon Airport, Ireland. The aircraft was a Lockheed Super Constellation. All 99 on board died, making the crash the deadliest civil aviation disaster involving a single aircraft at the time, and the deadliest crash involving the Lockheed Constellation series, until the disappearance of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 in 1962.
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Accident | |
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Date | 14 August 1958 |
Summary | Undetermined |
Site | Atlantic Ocean (110 mi due west of Galway, Ireland)[1] |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation |
Aircraft name | Hugo de Groot |
Operator | KLM |
Registration | PH-LKM |
Flight origin | Amsterdam |
1st stopover | Shannon Airport, Ireland |
Last stopover | Gander, Newfoundland |
Destination | New York City |
Occupants | 99 |
Passengers | 91 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 99 |
Survivors | 0 |
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