- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 26, 1959 |
Time: | 1735 |
Location: | Near Varese, Lombardia, 20 miles NW of Milan, Italy |
Operator: | Trans World Airlines |
Flight #: | 891 |
Route: | Milan - Paris |
AC Type: | Lockheed 1649A Starliner |
Registration: | N7313C |
cn / ln: | 1015 |
Aboard: | 68 (passengers:59 crew:9) |
Fatalities: | 68 (passengers:59 crew:9) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While flying from Athens to Chicago, the No. 6 and 7 fuel tanks in the right wing exploded during a storm. Ignition of gasoline vapors emanating from fuel tank vent pipes by static discharge after the airliner was hit by lightning. |
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