united airlines flight 826, "mainliner will rogers", registration n8013u, was a dc-8-11 carrying 77 passengers and seven crew members. it was travelling from o'hare international airport to idlewild airport (now john f. kennedy international airport) in queens. the crew consisted of captain robert sawyer (age 46), first officer robert fiebing (40), flight engineer richard pruitt (30) and four stewardesses.