- In 1960, two airplanes crashed into each other above New York City.
- One of the planes crashed in Park Slope, Brooklyn, right in the middle of a residential neighborhood.
- AP photos from the crash show how devastating and unbelievable the scene was.
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On December 16, 1960, Park Slope, Brooklyn became the home of the worst aviation disaster the world had ever seen.
Two New York-bound flights from the Midwest crossed paths, one from United and one from TWA. Neither pilot reported distress, but the United plane reportedly showed signs of navigational systems malfunctioning. It was flying at 360 miles per hour when it struck the TWA plane and crashed in Brooklyn.
Here are photos from the crash site, that show what the scene looked like in 1960.