ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-331 N761TW Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS)
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Date:Wednesday 8 March 1972
Type:Silhouette image of generic B703 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 707-331
Operator:Trans World Airlines - TWA
Registration: N761TW
MSN: 17673/69
First flight: 1959
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A-12
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS) (   United States of America)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
A bomb exploded in the right rear part of the cockpit while the aircraft was parked. Earlier someone had demanded USD 2.000.000 from TWA, threatening to blow up TWA aircraft.

Classification:
Sabotage
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
» NRC Handelsblad 09.03.1972


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photo of Boeing-707-331-N761TW
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
photo of Boeing-707-331-N761TW
accident date: 08-03-1972
type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N761TW
 
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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