She lived across the street from me in Moline Il. The collision took place in uncontrolled airspace, where it was the pilots' own responsibility to maintain separation ("See and avoid"). When my family left Canada a couple of months later my father drove the family car back to L. A. When I approached her in the receiving line and we both lifted our arms to hug, instead of allowing me to offer my condolences, Joyce whispered, “I’m so sorry, Kay, we could have become such good friends.” Was she comforting me when I was there to offer her comfort? Then you may want to purchase Mike’s book and compare it to the views of others.Northern Arizona University, due to being in close proximity to the crash site, has an extensive collection of photographs and information concerning the crash.Mike Nelson’s book does not begin as the articles do; stating facts about the airplanes and how their schedules and flight patterns were so close.

This highlighted the antiquated state of air traffic control, which became the focus of major aviation reforms. I went outside several times and anxiously scanned the skies but obviously saw nothing. I have thought often of this dear lady and her loss.Thanks for writing the book. Thursday marks the 60th anniversary of a tragic event often forgotten today but seen by aviation experts as a pivotal moment in air safety.

I’m so sorry that I didn’t know of your email beforehand, so that I could have told you.

I am terribly late in responding to you, and grievously sorry. I remember their mother Joyce was a very beautiful woman. My uncle was on the United one. Or did they even know?) Yes, Aunt Joyce was from Chicago, as was Uncle jack, but after the accident Aunt Joyce and the girls moved to Lake Zurich, Illinois.

The date, time and location of this tragic accident helps me place myself at a very precise spot in my life. If you have, please comment about it below.Hello, Sandy. In 1956, there was no coast-to-coast radar system covering the air over the US, and planes were frequently operating what was called “off airways,” or in airspace uncontrolled by a traffic controller. We were close to the same ages and so it was easy to assimilate. One of my father’s associates bore the last name of MacFarlane or similar. My grandfather Russell Huber was on the United flight. I am now 87 and remember that crash well and how sad her parents were. I remember that my father said that on his way home he stopped by the memorial near the crash site to see “what kind of monument they gave to old Mac”.I can’t read the marker with the list of passenger names on it that’s in the FAA report. (My uncle, Jack Groshans, was one of the victims.) 151–164. I will get the book. I recognized her name as soon as you “said” it. Tim DevineI just finished reading your book. It begins with a personal story about his grandfather and the grief he went through after the death of his son, Jack Groshans. Do you have any information on Gloria Gibson Townsend that was on the TWA Flight any family history or information on her marriage and kidsMy father-in-law used to tell us a story about this collision. Two helicopters carrying rescuers tried to land at the crash scene, but rough winds drove them away.United Press correspondents who flew low over the wreckage in small, buffeted aircraft said they saw no signs of life below.

I will always remember it.My grandfather, Robert Beatty, was killed in this crash. Thank you for the painstaking research and devotion to bring the information to us.

My aunt, Alice Emma Meyer, was an off-duty TWA employee flying home to Kansas City on the Constellation. We had one of the firstThanks for your interest Zack I would be happy to hear from you and I am certain you will find my book fascinating.The above may be misleading…the website that hosts this forum is not my own, but rather, it belongs to the Families of the 1956 Midair Collision at Grand Canyon.My wife wrote the foregoing, and I’m not sure how it ended up here. I was on the car traveling from northern Wisconsin back to Chigago after attending my sister’s wedding. June 30, 1956; A midair collision over the Grand Canyon involving TWA Super Constellation L-1049 N6902C, Star of the Seine and United Airlines DC-7 N6324C, City of Vancouver.

Laura Joss, Deputy Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service addressing dedication ceremony participants.

My husband and I had just become acquainted with the Groshans when Jack was taken. This book tells their story. A recent government report found it to be “outmoded” and “overloaded.”The report was made public by the budget bureau. I was. She was a beautiful girl and very popular. I have not read Mike’s book (though now I will get it), but have visited the mass gravesite in Flagstaff and have rafted down the river and seen the crash sites from below. If I recall, there were still flight engineers assigned to the larger airliners, and took all three of the crew to save the lives that were saved. This site commemorates a horrific airline collision over the Grand Canyon in 1956. The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred on Saturday, June 30, 1956 when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, resulting in the crash of both planes, 128 fatalities, and no survivors. I was at the North Rim in July. All 128 persons aboard the two planes lost their lives. I remember showing that the descending aircraft's propellers chewed a series of gashes along the fuselage top of the ascending aircraft. We played together and went thru school together. I just recall my mother being horrified about this incident and it was the very first disaster I at that age had ever known. We heard about the crash on the car radio. しかも当時は、操縦乗員の判断で計器飛行をキャンセルし、航空路をショートカットして近道することが容認されており、両機とも航空路を逸脱しUA718便は9時58分にニードルズで位置を報告し、9時58分時点でニードルズを21,000フィートで通過中であり10時31分にペインテッド・デザートを通過予定であると報告した。TWA2便は9時59分にラスベガスで位置を報告し、9時55分にモハーベ湖を通過し21,000フィートで飛行中、10時31分にウィンズロウのVOR（ペインテッド・デザート）を通過予定であると報告した。 I cannot imagine how it affected the lives of remaining family members of this tragedy. Have you ever heard this story?I was only 5 yrs old at time of this disaster and had no relatives nor any one my family knew of involved.

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