KLM Flight 607-E

KLM Flight 607-E

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)[1]
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

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.