Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TW800/TWA800) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, with a stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France.

Mar 28, 2025 · TWA flight 800, flight of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) jumbo jet airliner that broke up over the Atlantic Ocean and went down about 8 miles (13 km) off the coast of Long Island, near East Moriches, New York, on the evening of July 17, 1996. All 230 people on board died in …

Jul 17, 1996 · TWA flight 800, flight of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) jumbo jet airliner that broke up over the Atlantic Ocean and went down about 8 miles off the coast of Long Island, near East Moriches, New York, on the evening of July 17, 1996. All 230 people on board died in the crash.

Oct 28, 2024 · TWA’s first 747 was used on the coast-to-coast route between Los Angeles and New York, which commenced on February 25, 1970. This was the first transcontinental US service operated by the Jumbo Jet. On March 18 that same year, TWA began its 747 transatlantic services between New York and London.

Oct 2, 2005 · The cockpit crew apparently had no inkling of impending disaster in the moments before a center fuel tank explosion tore a TWA jumbo jet apart last year off the coast of Long Island, N.Y.,...

May 11, 2017 · TWA was forced to sell nine of its 747 fleet to Imperial Iranian Air Force to meet payroll commitments. The aircraft sold were the first three, and six of the last nine delivered. They left the fleet between March and December 1975.

This exhibit brings together passenger ephemera and other materials from the collections of Northwestern University’s Transportation Library to celebrate the jumbo jet on the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of 747 passenger service.

Jul 2, 2013 · More than a decade after concluding a fuel tank explosion destroyed TWA Flight 800, senior U.S. accident investigators stood their ground on Tuesday against skeptics claiming new evidence...

In July 1969, the airline officially beat Pan Am as the world’s number-one transatlantic airline. Less than a year later, in 1970, TWA would begin flying the Boeing 747 jumbo jet on its well-established New York-to-Los Angeles service.

Jul 16, 2021 · NEW YORK — Flames racing across the waters off Long Island ignited the reality that a modern jumbo jet with 230 people aboard — TWA Flight 800 — had just blown up 13 minutes after taking off...