American Airlines Flight 320: The Story Of The Lockheed L-188 Electra’s First Hull Loss

This is the story of how American Airlines Flight 320 crashed into the East River as it attempted to land at LaGuardia Airport and the subsequent investigation results. American Airlines Flight 320 was a regularly scheduled flight between Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) and New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on which American Airlines was operating one of its newly acquired Lockheed L-188 Electra turbine propeller aircraft.