KLM Flight 607-E
KLM Flight 607-E was an international scheduled flight that crashed on 14 August 1958, on takeoff 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.
The Hugo de Groot, the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 August 1958 |
| Summary | Undetermined |
| Site | Atlantic Ocean (110 mi due west of Galway, Ireland) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation |
| Aircraft name | Hugo de Groot |
| Operator | KLM |
| Registration | PH-LKM |
| Flight origin | Amsterdam |
| 1st stopover | Shannon Airport, Ireland |
| Last stopover | Gander, Newfoundland |
| Destination | New York City |
| Occupants | 99 |
| Passengers | 91 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 99 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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