After departing O'Hare Airport at 0911, United 826 reached their cruising flight level 270 at 0936, and at 1012 made contact with New York Air Route Traffic Control Center. The United flight then tried to make it to LaGuardia Airport for an emergency landing, but crashed in Park Slope. United Airlines Flight 826. New York Center advised that radar service was not available and to descend to flight level 250. It has been 56 years since United Airlines Flight 826 and Trans World Airlines Flight 266 collided. Times Topics. Stephen Baltz was the only person to initially survive the crash of United Airlines Flight 826 after it collided with another plane on Dec. 16, 1960, in a snowstorm over Staten Island. The flight was carried out by DC-8 N8013U and was bound for New York-Idlewild Airport. On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo Airport (Changed name to a Narita Airport in 2004), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii.Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign was turned on. On December 16, 1960, United Airlines Flight 826 and Trans World Airlines Flight 266 collided over Staten Island. Continue reading the main story. This banner text can have markup.. web; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Constellation, departed Port Columbus Airport at 09:00 bound for New York-LaGuardia Airport. A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California. On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo Airport (which changed its name to Narita Airport in 2004), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii.Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31000 feet (9448 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign was turned on. On December 28, 1997, United Airlines Flight 826 was operated by a Boeing 747-100 flying from New Tokyo Airport (which changed its name to Narita Airport in 2004), Japan to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii.Two hours into the flight, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,448 m), the plane received reports of severe clear-air turbulence in the area and the seat belt sign was turned on. Around the same time, at 09:11, United Air Lines Flight 826 departed Chicago O'Hare Airport. United 826 reported initiating descent at 1014. Theresa discovered quite a story. (San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives) UAL Flight 826 was a non-stop flight from O’Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to New York International Airport (“Idelwild Airport,” now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York City.