History: New York Air Disaster, 1960, New York City, United States

Aircraft
United Airlines Flight 826, Mainliner Will Rogers, registration N8013U, was a Douglas DC-8 en route from O'Hare Airport in Chicago to New York International (Idlewild) Airport (now John F. Kennedy International) in New York City, New York, on December 16, 1960. United had named the DC-8 jetliner after American entertainer Will Rogers.
Trans World Airlines Flight 266, Star of Sicily, registration N6907C, was a Lockheed Super Constellation en route from Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, to New York's LaGuardia Airport.