- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- Cephalonia, Greece · CEPHALONIA, Greece
- Injuries
- 88 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8734Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 74/9/8 NR.CEPHALONIA,GREECE BOEING 707 CR- 9 0 0 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0940 N8734 PX- 79 0 0 55, 21960 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7280 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TEL AVIV,ISRAEL NEW YORK,NY ROME,ITALY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SABOTAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DETONATION OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICE,AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT.CRASHED INTO IONIAN SEA 50MI W OF CEPHALONIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8734
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
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