TWA Flight 800

When

23 Nov 1964

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

41.80° N, 12.24° E

Description

aviation accident on November 23, 1964 in Rome

Deaths

50

Injured

23

1964 aviation accident

Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was an international scheduled passenger service from Kansas City, Missouri, to Cairo, Egypt via Chicago, New York City, Paris, Milan, Rome, and Athens. The Boeing 707 caught fire following a rejected takeoff on runway 25 at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Rome, at 13:09 GMT on a flight to Athens International Airport, Greece, on November 23, 1964, killing 49 of the 73 people on b…

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