American Airlines Flight 1, registration N7506A took off from Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) on March 1, 1962. The Boeing 707-123 was headed to Los Angeles International Airport with 87 passengers and 8 flight crew onboard. Improper maintenance resulted in internal wiring damage and rudder failure, causing the Boeing 707-123 to plunge into Jamaica Bay killing all 95 on board the aircraft. Among the victims was Louise Linder Eastman, whose daughter Linda Eastman would later marry the Beatle Paul McCartney. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Boeing 707 (most commonly spoken as Seven Oh Seven) is a four engined commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... American Airlines (AA) is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers-miles transported [1] and fleet size[], and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues[]. A wholly owned subsidiary of the AMR Corporation, the airline is... John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK), originally known as Idlewild Airport, is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The Boeing 707 (most commonly spoken as Seven Oh Seven) is a four engined commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... Runway layout at LAX “LAX” redirects here. ... The Boeing 707 (most commonly spoken as Seven Oh Seven) is a four engined commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ... Jamaica Bay is a bay that lies in the shadow of New York Citys skyscrapers and is adjacent to one of the nations busiest airports. ... Louise Sara Linder Eastman (November 9, 1911 - March 1, 1962) was the wife of entertainment lawyer Lee Eastman, and heiress to the Linder Department Store fortune. ... McCartney on the cover of her 1998 album, Wide Prairie Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, animal rights activist. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of the Beatles. ...

The flight number is still used today on its New York JFK/Los Angeles LAX route. American Airlines Flight 1 is currently operated daily with a Boeing 767-223ER. John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK), originally known as Idlewild Airport, is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. ... Runway layout at LAX “LAX” redirects here. ... The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeings Commercial Airplane division. ...

See also

• Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• Air safety

Bold text Citing the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, an aviation accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person... Air safety is a broad term encompassing the theory, investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through appropriate regulation, as well as through education and training. ...

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External links

• Aviation Safety Network for American Flight 1
• AirDisaster.com Flight 1 Report