Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAY 1964 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331 |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N761TW |
| C/n / msn: | 17673/69 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A-12 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 89 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) (France) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), France |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
A Boeing 707-331, registered N761TW, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident on takeoff at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), France. All 103 on board survived.
During take-off, before reaching speed V1, vibration was felt. The pilot decided to abort the take-off. During the deceleration, the aircraft pulled over to the right and left the runway at the end of its roll, collapsing the nose gear.
CAUSE: "The accident resulted from the bursting of the forward right tyre, manufactured in 1959 and retreaded twelve times . This burst was itself the result of the rupture of an inside wire. " Events:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 5791 km (3619 miles).
Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 5791 km (3619 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
