Plane Crash List

Boeing 707 N5794TW

23 September 1971 · Barcelona, Europe · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 September 1971 at about 15:03 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N5794TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Barcelona, Europe. 119 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:03
Classification
Accident
Location
Barcelona, Europe
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 707
Registration
N5794TW
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Madrid, Spain → Athens, Greece
Aircraft damage
None
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
1-0044

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
119 0 2 3 114

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SEAT BELT SIGN ON SECONDS BEFORE ENCOUNTERING TURBULENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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