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TWA Flight 891 was a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner that crashed not long after taking off from Milan Malpensa Airport on 26 June 1959. All 68 passengers and crew on board were killed.
 Starliner N7301C of TWA, sister ship to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 June 1959 |
| Summary | Lightning strike |
| Site | Near the hamlet of Marnate,[1] Italy |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1649A Starliner |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| Registration | N7313C |
| Flight origin | Malpensa Airport (MXP) (MXP/LIMC), Italy |
| Destination | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) (ORY/LFPO), France |
| Passengers | 59 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 68 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Flight
On 26 June 1959, TWA Flight 891 departed Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, with a crew of 9 and 59 passengers on board. The flight had originated in Athens, Greece, and had stopped in Rome before flying on to Milan.[2] The subsequent leg of the flight destination was to Paris' Orly Airport. When Flight 891 departed Milan, light rain was falling with a low overcast and a ceiling of around 2,000 feet, with visibility of approximately two miles (3.2 km). There were also thunderstorms in the area.[3]
Twelve minutes after takeoff, the flight crew reported the aircraft was climbing through 10,000 feet. A few minutes after that, the Starliner suffered structural failure and broke up in mid-air. Everyone on board was killed.[2]
Flight 891 was the first fatal aviation accident involving a Lockheed Starliner.[4] In terms of loss of life, it was also the worst air crash of 1959.[5]
Cause
On 24 November 1960, an Italian inquiry board announced its finding that a lightning strike had brought down Flight 891.[6] "The breaking-up in flight was due to the explosion of the fuel vapors contained in tank #7, followed immediately by either an explosion of pressure or a further explosion in tank #6. In the absence of other significant concrete evidence, taking into account the stormy weather conditions, with frequent electric discharges, existing in the area at the time of the crash, it may be assumed that the explosion of the fuel vapors contained in tank #7 was set off, through the outlet pipes, by igniting of the gasoline vapors issuing from these pipes as a consequence of static electricity discharges (streamer corona) which developed on the vent outlets."[7]
See also
- Pan Am Flight 214, another crash caused by lightning
References
- TWA Plane, 68 aboard, Crashes Near Milan", Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal, June 21, 1959, p1
- Airliner Breaks Up In Storm, Killing 68: Plane bound for US hits near Milan
- Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 33.
- Ranter, Harro. "Aviation Safety Database Lockheed L-1649A Starliner". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- Ranter, Harro. "List of air crashes in 1959". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- "Cause of TWA crash listed". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 1960-11-29. Retrieved 2021-03-21 – via Google News.
- Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1649A Starliner N7313C Milano". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
External links
- TWA Flight 891 at Airdisaster.com[Usurped!]
- Website dedicated to the plane crash of Olgiate Olona of June 26, 1959 (TWA Flight 891).
На других языках
[de] Trans-World-Airlines-Flug 891
Der Trans-World-Airlines-Flug 891 (Flugnummer: TW 891, Funkrufzeichen: TWA 891) war ein Linieninterkontinentalflug der Trans World Airlines von Athen nach Chicago mit planmäßigen Zwischenstopps in Rom, Mailand, Paris, Shannon und Gander. Am 26. Juni 1959 stürzte auf diesem Flug eine Lockheed L-1649A Starliner auf der Strecke vom Flughafen Mailand-Malpensa zum Flughafen Paris-Orly bei Olgiate Olona ab, nachdem ein Blitz in die Maschine eingeschlagen war. Bei dem Unfall wurden alle 68 Insassen an Bord der Maschine getötet, außerdem wurden die sterblichen Überreste eines ungeborenen Kindes einer Passagierin sowie eines weiteren Kindes gefunden.- [en] TWA Flight 891
[it] Volo TWA 891
Il volo TWA 891 era un volo di linea dell'omonima compagnia statunitense. Operato da un Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, il 26 giugno 1959 fu protagonista di un incidente appena decollato dall'Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa; venne infatti colpito da un fulmine che causò l'esplosione del carburante e il conseguente cedimento strutturale che portò alla distruzione dell'aereo. All'epoca fu il peggior incidente aereo accaduto in Italia.[1][2][ru] Катастрофа L-1649 под Миланом
Катастрофа L-1649 под Миланом — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в пятницу 26 июня 1959 года. Авиалайнер Lockheed L-1649A Starlinerruen авиакомпании Trans World Airlines (TWA) выполнял плановый межконтинентальный рейс TW891 по маршруту Афины—Рим—Милан—Париж—Чикаго, но через 5 минут после вылета из Милана рухнул на землю около Ольджате-Олоны. Погибли все находившиеся на его борту 68 человек — 59 пассажиров и 9 членов экипажа (при этом неофициально считается, что погибли 70 человек).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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