Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 OCT 1982 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America |
| Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 72 |
One hijacker. Hijacker taken down. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Los Angeles International Airport, CA to Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO as the crow flies is 2541 km (1588 miles).
Distance from Los Angeles International Airport, CA to Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO as the crow flies is 2541 km (1588 miles).
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.
