Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 29 MEI 1964 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-331 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registratie: | N761TW |
| Constructienummer: | 17673/69 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1959 |
| Motoren: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A-12 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 14 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 89 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 103 |
| Schade: | Groot |
| Gevolgen: | Repaired |
| Plaats: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) (Frankrijk) |
| Fase: | Start (TOF) |
| Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Frankrijk |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), Verenigde Staten |
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. " Bronnen:
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Paris-Orly Airport en New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY bedraagt 5791 km (3619 miles).
De afstand tussen Paris-Orly Airport en New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY bedraagt 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.
