Air disaster

KLM Flight 607-E

14 Aug 1958 · 53.21° N, 11.88° W

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When
14 Aug 1958
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
53.21° N, 11.88° W
Description
1958 Crash of a Lockheed Super Constellation
Deaths
99

KLM Flight 607-E

1958 crash of a Lockheed Super Constellation

KLM Flight 607-E was an international scheduled flight that crashed on 14 August 1958, after taking off 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 Flig…

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