Trans World Airlines
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Trans World Airlines (TWA) byla velká letecká společnost ve Spojených státech, fungující mezi lety 1925 a 2001, konkurující společnostem American Airlines a Delta Air Lines. Byla to první společnost užívající Boeing 747-100.
Největší letecká katastrofa TWA nastala v roce 1996, kdy startoval let číslo 800 z letiště Johna F. Kennedyho na pravidelný let do Paříže a po 12 minutách letu explodovala palivová nádrž; zemřelo 230 lidí včetně posádky a kapitánů Stevena S. Snydera a Ralpha G. Kevorkiana. Do historie se zapsala i únosem jejího letadla v roce 1985.
V roce 2001 byla společnost TWA sloučena se společností American Airlines.
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Lockheed L-1011
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Trans World Airlines Boeing 707-331B Gilliand.jpg
Autor: Michel Gilliand, Licence: GFDL 1.2
N760TW (cn 18913/400)
Autor: Michel Gilliand, Licence: GFDL 1.2
N760TW (cn 18913/400)
TWA Boeing 747-100 N93119 Marmet.jpg
Autor: Eduard Marmet, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Trans World Airlines,Boeing 747-100 N93119 at London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft was manufactured in 1971. About 14 years and 2 months after this photo was taken, on 17 July 1996, a short circuit occurred as a result of damaged wiring (a common problem on older 747s [this 747 was 25 years old at the time of the collision]) allowing current to run into the centre wing fuel tank, producing a spark which caused the contents of the fuel tank to explode. The explosion caused the aircraft to disintegrate and crash into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 230 passengers and crew on board). The aircraft was operating TWA flight 800 from New York to Rome via Paris at the time, and this was the 3rd worst aviation disaster to take place on US soil.
Autor: Eduard Marmet, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Trans World Airlines,Boeing 747-100 N93119 at London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft was manufactured in 1971. About 14 years and 2 months after this photo was taken, on 17 July 1996, a short circuit occurred as a result of damaged wiring (a common problem on older 747s [this 747 was 25 years old at the time of the collision]) allowing current to run into the centre wing fuel tank, producing a spark which caused the contents of the fuel tank to explode. The explosion caused the aircraft to disintegrate and crash into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 230 passengers and crew on board). The aircraft was operating TWA flight 800 from New York to Rome via Paris at the time, and this was the 3rd worst aviation disaster to take place on US soil.
Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100 Marmet.jpg
Autor: Eduard Marmet, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100. N8034T (cn 193B-1230). Trans World Airlines - TWA. Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH)
Autor: Eduard Marmet, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100. N8034T (cn 193B-1230). Trans World Airlines - TWA. Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH)