American Airlines Flight 1502
The wreckage of the aircraft strewn across a beach | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 28, 1961 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to unknown circumstances |
| Site | Atlantic Ocean, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) off of Montauk Point, New York, United States 41°3′42″N 72°2′20″W / 41.06167°N 72.03889°W |
| Aircraft | |
| N7502A, Flagship Oklahoma at Los Angeles International Airport in 1958. | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-123 Jet Flagship |
| Aircraft name | Flagship Oklahoma |
| Operator | American Airlines |
| Call sign | AMERICAN 1502 |
| Registration | N7502A |
| Flight origin | Idlewild International Airport, New York |
| Destination | Idlewild International Airport, New York |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
American Airlines Flight 1502 was a crew training flight from Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport). On January 28, 1961, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed out of control into the Atlantic Ocean 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Montauk Point, New York, and all six crew on board were killed. The cause of the crash was never officially determined. Flight 1502 would be the second of three 707s that American lost in a three-year period in the New York area.