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Fecha: | domingo 13 septiembre 1970 |
Tipo: | Boeing 707-331B |
Operador: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
Registración: | N8715T |
Numéro de série: | 18917/460 |
Año de Construcción: | 1965 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Zerqa RAF Station (Dawson's Field) ( Jordania)
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Fase: | En Espera (STD) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Alemania |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | TW741 |
Descripción:The Boeing 707 carrying 141 passengers and 10 crewmembers was hijacked after leaving Frankfurt September 6. The plane was then flown to Zerqa, a military airfield 20 miles N of Amman. Hijackers from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine released the hostages and blew up the plane September 13.
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accident date:
13-09-1970type: Boeing 707-331B
registration: N8715T
Map
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 Frankfurt International Airport to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 6143 km (3839 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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.