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Trans World Airlines Flight 514, registration N54328, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. All 92 people aboard, 85 passengers and seven crew members, were killed. [ 1][ 2] In stormy conditions late in the ...
April 7, 1936. Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2-112, struck Cheat Mountain in poor visibility due to pilot error, killing 12 of 14 on board. March 25, 1937. Flight 15A, a Douglas DC-2-112, crashed in a nose dive near Clifton, Pennsylvania due to wing icing, killing all 13 on board. March 1, 1938.
On December 1, 1974, Cartwright and his wife Gloria were killed on TWA Flight 514 when the Boeing 727, flying in bad weather, crashed into the wooded slope of a 1,725 feet (526 m) mountain 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) northwest of Dulles International Airport. [2] [1] All 92 people aboard (85 passengers and 7 crew members) were killed. [6]
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 .
TWA Flight 841 was a scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, 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 ...
The electrical wiring in the baggage compartment of TWA Flight 513 on July 11, 1946 arced, starting a fire while the aircraft was in the air. The smoke and intense fire that were created made it impossible for the pilots to maintain control of the aircraft. Of the six crewmembers aboard, five were killed. This accident was memorable for the ...
Flight 514. Flight 514 may refer to: American Airlines Flight 514, crashed on 15 August 1959. TWA Flight 514, crashed on 1 December 1974. Mimika Air Flight 514, crashed on 17 April 2009. Alrosa Flight 514, crash-landed on 7 September 2010. Categories: Disambiguation pages.
1994 St. Louis Airport collision. TWA Flight 513. TWA Flight 514. TWA Flight 529. TWA Flight 541. TWA Flight 553. TWA Flight 742. TWA Flight 800 (1964) TWA Flight 840.