KLM Flight 607-E

KLM Flight 607-E
PH-LKM, the aircraft involved in the accident.
Accident
Date14 August 1958
SummaryUndetermined
Site
  • Atlantic Ocean
    (110 mi due west of Galway, Ireland)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation
Aircraft nameHugo de Groot
OperatorKLM
Call signKLM 607-ECHO
RegistrationPH-LKM
Flight originAmsterdam Schiphol Airport
1st stopoverShannon Airport, Ireland
Last stopoverGander International Airport, Newfoundland
DestinationIdlewild Airport, New York
Occupants99
Passengers91
Crew8
Fatalities99
Survivors0

KLM Flight 607-E was an international scheduled flight that crashed on 14 August 1958, after taking off from Shannon Airport, Ireland. The aircraft was a Lockheed Super Constellation. All 99 on board died, making the crash the deadliest civil aviation disaster involving a single aircraft at the time, and the deadliest crash involving the Lockheed Constellation series, until the disappearance of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 in 1962.