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) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049H-01-06-162 Super Constellation |
| Aircraft name | Hugo de Groot |
| Operator | KLM |
| Call sign | KLM 607-ECHO |
| 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, 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.