| Date: | Monday 22 December 1975 |
| Time: | 10:29 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331B |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N18701 |
| MSN: | 18978/465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 125 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Milano-Malpensa Airport (MXP) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| Milano-Malpensa Airport (MXP/LIMC) |
The aircraft landed outside the runway, struck a transmissometer and a CAT II television camera. The landing gear and all 4 engines separated in the subsequent slide. The aircraft came to rest with the nose broken off behind the forward cabin door
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Flight International 03 January 1976 (4)
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