| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 04, 1965 |
| Time: | 1618 |
| Location: | Carmel, New York |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines / Eastern Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 42 / 853 |
| Route: | Boston - Newark |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707-131B / L1049C Constellation |
| Registration: | N748TW/N6218C |
| cn / ln: | 18387/286 / 4526 |
| Aboard: | 112 (passengers:100 crew:12) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Midair collision at 11,000 feet. Misjudgment of altitude separation by the crew of EAL 853 because of an optical illusion created by the up-slope effect of cloud tops resulting in an evasive maneuver by the EAL 853 crew and a reactionary evasive maneuver by the TWA 42 crew. The 707 landed at JFK despite losing 25 feet of the left wing. There were no injuries to the crew of 7 and 51 passengers aboard the 707. Three of the 46 passengers and 1 crew member aboard EAL 853 were killed. Misjudgment of altitude separation by the crew of the Constellation because of an optical illusion created by the up-slope effect of cloud tops, resulting in an evasive maneuver by the Constellation crew and a reactionary evasive maneuver by the Boeing crew. |
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