consists of three pieces. One piece resembling a wing commemorates the victims aboard the Aeroméxico jet and the Piper. A similar but smaller and darker wing commemorates the victims who were killed on the ground. Each wing rests on a pedestal that lists victims in alphabetical order. A bench for reflection is situated in front of the two wings. Gallery See also TWA Flight 553, a similar crash that occurred in 1967 near Urbana, Ohio and involved a new DC-9 and a small plane. Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a similar crash that occurred with a 727 in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1967. Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a similar crash that occurred also with a DC-9 and Piper Cherokee in Fairland, Indiana in 1969. Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, a similar midair collision between a Boeing 727 and a Cessna 172 in San Diego, California in 1978. Proteus Airlines Flight 706, a similar midair collision between a Beechcraft 1900 and a Cessna 177 Cardinal over Quiberon Bay, Brittany, France in 1998. Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a midair collision over Los Angeles on June 6, 1971, when a DC-9 was hit by a fighter jet. Multiple factors contributing to the collision included the fighter aircrew's forced decision to fly in a high-speed jet with oxygen issues, slow reaction by the fighter because of a lack of oxygen, poor communication between civilian controllers with military flights, the fighter aircrew's lack of awareness of air routes out of LAX and the inability of the DC-9 crew to see the fighter jet because of its speed, window posts that created blind spots and the fighter jet's position relative to the DC-9 as it was coming from the DC-9's far left side. References External links NTSB.gov, Brief of Accident, NTSB, adopted March 7, 1988 AOPA.org, Collision Over Cerritos, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association "California Jet Crash Led to Sweeping Changes". The New York Times Story Of Cerritos – Chapter 8 (Aeroméxico Flight 498) DC 9 Crashes in Cerritos Residential Area. (Archive) Landmark Accidents: Collision Over Cerritos Out of Sight – Aeromexico Flight 498 at airdisaster.com () Pre-crash photo of the airliner at airliners.net Microfiche Details at AirFlightDisaster NTSB Safety Recommendation Letter (Alternate) 1986 in California Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Aeroméxico accidents and incidents Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Airliner accidents and incidents in California August 1986 events in the