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  2. TWA Flight 841 (1979) - Wikipedia

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    TWA Flight 841 was a scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, en route to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On April 4, 1979, at or around 9:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (01:48 UTC), while flying over Saginaw, Michigan, the Boeing 727-31 airliner began a sharp ...

  3. TWA Flight 841 (1974) - Wikipedia

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    TWA Flight 841. /  38.417°N 19.367°E  / 38.417; 19.367. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707-331B ( registered N8734 [1]) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane had been destroyed by a ...

  4. List of Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    Flight 37, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 (N11002) narrowly averted a mid-air collision with American Airlines Flight 182, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10. December 22, 1975 Flight 841, a Boeing 707-331B (N18701), crashed short of the runway while landing at Malpensa Airport; all 125 on board survived. November 27, 1978

  5. TWA Flight 847 - Wikipedia

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    1. Survivors. 146. TWA Flight 847 was a regularly scheduled Trans World Airlines flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. [1] On the morning of June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked soon after take off from Athens. [2] [3] The hijackers demanded the release of 700 Shia Muslims from Israeli ...

  6. Trans World Airlines - Wikipedia

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    Trans World Airlines ( TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors.

  7. List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707

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    September 12: Trans World Airlines 707-331 was damaged beyond repair at el Khana, Jordan. September 15: A Trans World Airlines flight flying over Salinas was hijacked by a man with a gun and demanded to be taken to North Korea. When the plane landed in San Francisco, 35 passengers were released. A sky marshal shot and injured the hijacker.

  8. Category : Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents

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    TWA Flight 840 bombing. TWA Flight 840 hijacking. TWA Flight 841 (1974) TWA Flight 841 (1979) TWA Flight 843. TWA Flight 847. TWA Flight 891. TWA Flight 903. 1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash.

  9. TWA Flight 841 - Wikipedia

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    TWA Flight 841 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Trans World Airlines. It may refer to: TWA Flight 841 (1974), a flight originating in Israel which crashed into the Ionian Sea after a bomb exploded in the cargo hold. TWA Flight 841 (1979), a domestic flight which entered a spiral dive but was recovered by the pilots and ...