Airplane Crash - Cincinnati, Ohio 11/06/1967
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Cincinnati, Ohio
| Date | 11/06/1967 |
| Time | 18:41 |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| Flight # | 159 |
| Route | Cincinnati - Los Angeles |
| Type | Boeing B-707-131 |
| Registration | N742TW |
| Cn/In | 17669/43 |
| Aboard | 36 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While on the takeoff roll a loud bang was heard as the aircraft passed a Delta plane and the takeoff was aborted. The aircraft overran the runway and crashed and burned. The inability of the TWA crew to abort successfully their takeoff at the speed attained prior to the attempted abort. The abort was understandably initiated because of the first officer's belief that his plane had collided with a Delta aircraft stopped just off the runway. A contributing factor was the action of the Delta crew in advising the tower that their plane was clear of the runway without carefully ascertaining the facts, and when in fact their aircraft was not a safe distance under the circumstances of another aircraft taking off on that runway. |
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