| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
| Registration: | NC45345 |
| MSN: | 27346 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
A mechanic was filling the oxygen tanks when a fire erupted in the centre section of the airplane.
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Images:
photo (c) Brian Barnett; Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA); 15 October 1946
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