Hi there, the same rules apply here as the True crime from around the world book, if I couldn't find a true crime case, it was replaced by a plane crash.
This plane crash takes us to the state of Nevada, which is located next to the following states: California, Utah, Arizona, Oregon and Idaho.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH AND A MID AIR COLLSION
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Pictured above is the tail debris of the plane involved in this crash.
Pictured below is the second aircraft that is similar to the one involved in this crash.
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United Airlines Flight 736, registered as November 6328 Charlie (N6328C), was a scheduled transcontinental passenger service flown daily by United Airlines between Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX), Los Angeles, California and John F Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK), New York City, New York, the plane also had intermediate stopovers in Stapleton International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN), Denver, Colorado, Mid-Continent International Airport (IATA: MCI, ICAO: KMCI), Kansas City, Missouri and a final stopover at Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA), Arlington County, Virginia.
On the 21st of April 1958, the airliner assigned to the flight, a McDonnell Douglas DC-7 that had 47 people on board, was flying over Clark county, Nevada in clear weather when it was involved in a day time mid air collision with a United States Air Force F-100F Fighter Jet, registered as 56-3755, that was crewed by two pilots.
The fighter jet was descending at the time of the accident and its right wing sliced through the DC-7's own right wing sending both the planes tumbling out of the sky, the collision occurred at 21,000 feet of altitude and both planes crashed into an unpopulated desert terrain southwest of Las Vegas, the crash killed all 47 people on board the Dc-7 plus the two pilots of the fighter jet were also killed in the crash.
The loss of Flight 736, became one of a series of 1950's mid air collisions involving passenger aircraft in American skies, this helped user in wide spread improvements in air traffic control within the United States and it led to a sweeping reorganisation of federal government aviation authorities.
