Air disaster

United Airlines Flight 736

21 Apr 1958 · 36.00° N, 115.21° W

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When
21 Apr 1958
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
36.00° N, 115.21° W
Description
mid-air collision
Deaths
49

United Air Lines Flight 736

1958 mid-air collision in Nevada

United Air Lines Flight 736 was a scheduled American transcontinental passenger service flown daily by United Airlines between Los Angeles and New York City. On April 21, 1958, the airliner assigned to the flight, a Douglas DC-7 with 47 on board, was flying over Clark County, Nevada in clear weather when it was involved in a daytime mid-air collision with a United States Air Force fighter jet crewed by two pilots.

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