TWA Flight 260 was the Trans World Airlines (TWA) designation for a flight from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico. On February 19, 1955,...
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Airlines (TWA) (1950–1961) ♠ Venezuela Rentavion United States United States Coast Guard ♠ United States Navy 19 February 1955: TWA Flight 260 crashed...
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29 people on board, as well as four on the ground. TWA Flight 260 deviated from its prescribed flight path and crashed into the Sandia Mountains on February...
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1965 Carmel mid-air collision (redirect from TWA Flight 42)
York, United States. TWA Flight 42 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, while Eastern Air Lines Flight 853 was forced to make...
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1955, TWA Flight 260, a Martin 4-0-4 bound for Santa Fe, crashed into the Sandia Mountains shortly after takeoff. All 16 people on board the flight were...
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Baca Canyon, part of which is referred to as TWA Canyon. This is the site of the crash of TWA Flight 260 on February 19, 1955, in which the lives of all...
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components, leading to catastrophic failure. TWA Flight 800 (1996): A Boeing 747-131 experienced an in-flight breakup over the Atlantic Ocean near New York...
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approach, leading to a crash short of the runway. February 19, 1955 16 0 0 TWA Flight 260 Sandia Mountains New Mexico Martin 4-0-4 The aircraft struck terrain...
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[permanent dead link] "TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1957-10-10_03". digital.shsmo.org. October 10, 1957. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved February 20, 2023. "TWA Skyliner Magazine...
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(260 km/h), at 8,000 ft (2,400 m) then in service. When it entered commercial service it had a crew of five to six, including two pilots, a flight engineer...
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the TWA Flight Center, which is now connected to the new structure and is considered part of Terminal 5. The TWA Flight Center reopened as the TWA Hotel...
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Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was an international scheduled passenger service from Kansas City, Missouri to Cairo, Egypt via Chicago, New York City...
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747-212 model number. Its first flight was June 2, 1973, Olympic Airways received the plane on June 21, 1973. It went to TWA on April 10, 1985. It was broken...
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73) which made its first flight on September 15, 1970. On September 26, the aircraft was delivered to Trans World Airlines (TWA) with registration N53111...
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United Airlines Flight 615 N37559 Douglas DC-6B United Airlines Flight 629 N40403 Martin 4-0-4 TWA Flight 400 N40416 Martin 4-0-4 TWA Flight 260 N51071 Douglas...
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President TWA on a flight between Burbank and Washington DC that took little less than seven hours. The aircraft was painted in full TWA livery for the...
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1913. p. 13. Retrieved June 1, 2024. Darack, Ed (March 2015). "The Final Flight of Extortion 17". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved December 20, 2022. Flores...
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Sabena Flight 503, a Douglas DC-6B, crashed into Monte Terminillo, Italy in poor weather, killing all 29 on board. February 19 – TWA Flight 260, a Martin...
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Entebbe raid (redirect from Air France Flight 193)
launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv and...
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Wright brothers (redirect from First in flight)
2011". First Flight Foundation. October 21, 2011. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2015. Howard, pp. 258–260 L'Aerophile...
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25, 1959.[citation needed] TWA started domestic 707-131 flights in March and Continental Airlines started 707-124 flights in June; airlines that had ordered...
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in 1968, and made its first flight on 22 March the same year. It had been previously operated by Trans World Airlines (TWA) and was one of two 707s in...
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January 1946 – 1 September 2013) was a Croatian responsible for hijacking TWA Flight 355 in September 1976. He was subsequently convicted of air piracy and...
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the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Two years after the crash of Flight 383, TWA Flight 128 crashed on the same hill while on approach to Cincinnati under...
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injury, and the aircraft was declared a total loss. On July 30, 1992, TWA Flight 843, an L-1011, had its takeoff aborted by the captain after liftoff from...
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carrier partners American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Atlantic Coast Airlines – aircraft operated as United Express providing...
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United Airlines Flight 718 collided with TWA Flight 2 over the Grand Canyon, killing 128 people. Both aircraft departed LAX, with Flight 718 bound for Chicago...
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America West heritage aircraft in the fleet, with plans to add a heritage TWA aircraft and a heritage American plane with the old livery. As of September...
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out of fuel. 73 passengers and crew perished while 85 survived. 30 July TWA Flight 843, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar departing for San Francisco, aborted takeoff...
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registration number N6127V, collided in mid-air near Urbana, Ohio, with TWA Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15 on approach to Dayton Municipal Airport. The collision...
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