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Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 159 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from New York to Los Angeles, California, with a stopover in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Kentucky, that crashed after an aborted takeoff from Cincinnati on 6 November 1967. The Boeing 707 attempted to abort takeoff when the copilot became concerned that the aircraft had collided with a disabled DC-9 on the runway. The aircraft overran the runway, struck an embankment and caught fire. All 29 passengers and 7 crew escaped the aircraft, but one passenger died of his injuries four days later. The NTSB concluded that the crash occurred due to the TWA flight crew's inability to successfully abort takeoff due to the speed of the aircraft, and that a runway overrun was unavoidable at the 707's speed. The disabled DC-9, a Delta Air Lines flight which had reported that it had cleared the runway when in fact it had not, was a contributing factor in the crash. The NTSB recommended that the FAA establish and publicize standards of safe clearance from runway edges for both aircraft and ground vehicles which also take into account the exhaust fumes of jet engines. The Board also recommended a reevaluation of training manuals and aircraft procedures in regards to abort procedures. == Flight history and crash == The aircraft was a Boeing 707 which had accumulated 26,319 airframe hours since its first flight in 1959. It was piloted by Captain Volney D. Matheny, 45, who had 18,753 hours of pilot time. The copilot was First Officer Ronald G. Reichardt, 26, with 1,629 total piloting hours, and the flight engineer was Robert D. Barron, 39, who had accumulated 11,182 hours as a flight engineer. The stewardesses were Janan Perkins, 21, Roswitha Neal, 25, Kathleen Fankhouser, 21, and Sara Muir, 25.〔 (Available through (Embry-Riddle University Library ).)〕 Flight 159 was a New York-Los Angeles flight with a stopover at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Kentucky. As the aircraft approached Runway 27L, another flight, Delta Air Lines Flight 379 (DAL 379), a DC-9, was coming in for landing on the same runway. After landing, DAL 379 received permission to turn 180° to reach a passed intersection, but the DC-9 was unable to complete the turn, and ran off the paved runway. While most of the aircraft was stuck in the mud well away from the runway, the tail was only approximately from the edge.〔〔 When queried if his aircraft was clear of the runway, the captain of the Delta DC-9 replied, "Yeah, we're in the dirt though." Flight 159, which had taxied into position, was given clearance to depart at 6:41 pm EST. As Flight 159 sped down the runway, the Captain observed that the DC-9 was "()ot very . . far off the runway." As the Boeing passed, a pop and the sound of an engine losing power was heard in the cockpit. Thinking he had hit the DC-9, the co-pilot, who was in control of the aircraft, attempted to abort the takeoff.〔 The aircraft overran the runway, becoming airborne for . The landing gear was sheared off, and the 707 slid on its underbelly to rest with its nose in a muddy embankment.〔〔 The fuselage ruptured, and the structure of one wing failed during the crash.〔 The right side wing of the plane caught fire as it left the runway. All 29 passengers and 7 crew members escaped the aircraft, with two passengers requiring hospitalization.〔 The 707 was damaged beyond repair and regarded as a complete write off after the fire damaged right wing and broken fuselage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TWA Flight 159」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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