Mayday

Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines, Flight 718 & Trans World Airlines, Flight 2) (12x6)

: 24, 2013

On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collided over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. All 128 occupants on both flights were killed. At the time it was the deadliest airline crash in history, and would lead to sweeping changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States.