A TWA flight is on its way to LaGuardia in New York in a Lockheed Super Constellation when they stop responding to ATC. A United Airlines is trying to get to JFK by taking a short cut when they also stop responding to ATC. What caused these two flights to meet the same fate?

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Photo Sources:

https://www.wikihow.com/Navigate-Using-a-VOR

https://devastatingdisasters.com/new-york-city-mid-air-collision-december-16-1960/

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-new-york-midair-collision-analysis-5de268ce348a

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/455989530993051505/?autologin=true

Research Sources:

https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/UAL826/CAB_Report.pdf

https://www.wikihow.com/Navigate-Using-a-VOR

“Collison Course.” Why Planes Crash, season 1, episode 5, The Weather Channel/ MSNBC, 27 Apr. 2013.

Video Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMAci5JNwqg

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