Summary:
On December 4, 1965, fear and panic erupted in the skies above Carmel, New York when TWA Flight 42 and Eastern Airlines Flight 853 collided. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie tells the story of two planes with incredible flight crews who shared a single goal: get their planes back to the ground below as safely as possible.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Civil Aeronautics Board: Aviation Accident Report: 1965 Carmel mid-air collision
- Simple Flying: The Story Of The 1965 Carmel Mid-Air Collision
- New York Times: Court Refuses to Place Blame in 1965 Plane Collision
- News Times: 1965 crash still a vivid memory
- Props, Pistons, Old Jets And the Good Ole Days of Flying: EASTERN FLIGHT 853 AND TWA FLIGHT 42 MIDAIR COLLISION DECEMBER 4, 1965
- Iohud: N. Salem plane crash memories stirred by missing jet
- AOPA: TRICKED BY ILLUSIONS
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Show Notes:
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Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Podcast Engineers
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
A memorial plaque dedicated to Flight 853. Source: News Times
Aerial photo of the wreckage of Flight 853. Source: Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
First responders at the wreckage of the Constellation. Source: Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
TWA Flight 42's aircraft. Source: Admiral Cloudberg
