What the records say
- When
- 1 Dec 1974
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 39.08° N, 77.88° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 92
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
TWA Flight 514
1974 aviation accident in Virginia
Trans World Airlines Flight 514 was a domestic scheduled flight of Trans World Airlines from Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio, to Washington National Airport. On December 1, 1974, the Boeing 727-231 serving the flight was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport but crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia. All 92 occupants aboard, 85 passengers and 7 crew members, died.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа Boeing 727 под Вашингтоном — крупнейшая в штате Виргиния (92 погибших)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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