Narrative:
A bomb exploded in the right rear part of the cockpit while the aircraft was parked. Earlier someone had demanded USD 2.000.000 from TWA, threatening to blow up TWA aircraft.
Damaged on the ground
» NRC Handelsblad 09.03.1972
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1972 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331 |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N761TW |
| MSN: | 17673/69 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A-12 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS) ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
A bomb exploded in the right rear part of the cockpit while the aircraft was parked. Earlier someone had demanded USD 2.000.000 from TWA, threatening to blow up TWA aircraft.
Classification:
SabotageDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA» NRC Handelsblad 09.03.1972
Photos
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
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