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killing all passengers and crew aboard both. The final death toll was 128 people. As a result of the massive public outcry over this accident, a Radar monitoring system was hastily created using old military radar systems. In addition, two years later, Congress created an agency which was the forerunner of the Federal Aviation Administration , the purpose of which was to monitor flights and prevent further collisions. Ironically, another two UA and TWA airliners would collide over New York City four years later, killing over 170 people. United still uses the flight number 718 on its Albuquerque-Denver route. TWA used flight number 2 on its Honolulu-St. Louis route prior to merging with American Airlines . EXTERNAL LINKS
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