- Date
- November 30, 1970
- Place
- Tel Aviv, Iceland · TEL AVIV, Israel
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N790TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158779
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0054 70/11/30 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0255 N790TW PX- 0 0 0 49, 15700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOD INTERNATIONAL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEL AVIV,ISRAEL FRANKFORT,GERMANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UND JURISDICTION OF ISRAELI GOVT. HIT,DESTROYED,C-97,4XSPS,BEING TOWED ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N790TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lod International
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