N7502A, Flagship Oklahoma at Los Angeles International Airport in 1959.
Accident
Date
January 28, 1961
Summary
Loss of control due to unknown circumstances
Site
Atlantic Ocean, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) off of Montauk Point, New York, United States 41°3′42″N72°2′20″W / 41.06167°N 72.03889°W / 41.06167; -72.03889
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 707-123 Jet Flagship
Aircraft name
Flagship Oklahoma
Operator
American Airlines
Registration
N7502A
Flight origin
Idlewild International Airport,New York
Destination
Idlewild International Airport,New York
Occupants
6
Passengers
0
Crew
6
Fatalities
6
Survivors
0
American Airlines Flight 1502 was a crew training flight from Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport). On January 28, 1961, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed out of control into the Atlantic Ocean 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Montauk Point, New York, and all six crew on board were killed.[1] The cause of the crash was never officially determined. Flight 1502 would be the second of three 707s that American lost in a three-year period in the New York area.
^Pither 1998, pp. 110–115
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