The 1960 New York mid-air collision occurred on December 16, 1960, when United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, collided with TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, over Staten Island. The collision was caused by navigational errors and poor weather conditions, leading to both aircrafts crashing in separate locations in New York City. The United Airlines flight crashed into the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, while the TWA flight fell in Staten Island. The disaster resulted in the deaths of all 128 people aboard the two planes, along with six individuals on the ground, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in U.S. history at the time.

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