- Date
- August 29, 1969
- Place
- Damascus, Syria · DAMASCUS, Syria
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 121 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N776TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0045 69/8/29 DAMASCUS,SYRIA BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1715 N776TW PX- 0 1112 48, 22040 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAMASCUS INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROME,ITALY ATHENS,GREECE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING REMARKS- ACFT HI JACKED. PX INJURED DURING EVACUATION. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF SYRIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N776TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Damascus Intl