User:RecycledPixels/sandbox/Aeronaves de Mexico Flight 401

Aeronaves de Mexico Flight 401 was a flight of a DC-8 that crashed at takeoff from New York International Airport (Idlewild, later JFK) killing 4 of the 106 occupants aboard and destroying the plane. The cause was determined to be an inappropriate attempt to abort the takeoff by a check-pilot in the cockpit.

Dates

• January 19, 1961 - Accident Date
• March 16, 1962 - CAB Report Adopted
• August 1, 1962 - CAB Report released

Sources

• [1] CAB Report
• [2] ASN Page (brief)