40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 4, 1979 · 21:40 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
J F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Aircraft
NR190
Reported as
Doug DC863
People aboard
154
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Port autority warned of bombs on airborne flight, pilot dumped fuel and landed. One bomb found.
As the FAA filed it
PORT AUTORITY WARNED OF BOMBS ON AIRBORNE FLIGHT, PILOT DUMPED FUEL AND LANDED. ONE BOMB FOUND.