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TWA Flight 903
TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. On 31 August 1950, the flight crashed in Egypt due to engine failure.
The aircraft involved was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, called The Star of Maryland, registered as N6004C. It had 1,100 flight hours at the time of the crash.
Captain Walton Webb, 45, had been employed by TWA since July 1, 1940. He had 10,664 flight hours, 822 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.
First Officer Halden Hammitt, 34, had been employed by TWA since September 12, 1945. He had 6,355 flight hours, 307 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.
The other crew members were Navigator Harley Hackett, Flight Engineer Melvin House, Radio Operator Herbert Stiles, Purser Jose Bernard, and Stewardess Jeanne Lorenzi.
The aircraft departed Cairo at 23:35 for Rome with 55 persons aboard, (48 passengers and seven crew members), in good weather.
As Flight 903 was climbing at 10,000 ft (3,000 m), the crew reported that its number three engine was on fire and that they needed a priority return to Cairo. As the plane was returning to Cairo, the engine separated from the aircraft, forcing the crew to attempt a forced landing in the desert about 65 mi (105 km) NNW of Cairo. The airliner went down near the village of Itay El Barud at the rim of the Western Desert, killing all 55 on board.[citation needed]
Searchers found the wreckage strewn over 500 yd (460 m) after trekking 15 mi (24 km) over hot sands to reach it, where the aircraft wreckage was found almost completely burnt out. The bodies of the victims were badly charred, delaying identification. A United Press International correspondent reported that the plane had smashed into a narrow-gauge railway in hitting the ground and had plowed up a considerable stretch of track.
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TWA Flight 903
TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. On 31 August 1950, the flight crashed in Egypt due to engine failure.
The aircraft involved was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, called The Star of Maryland, registered as N6004C. It had 1,100 flight hours at the time of the crash.
Captain Walton Webb, 45, had been employed by TWA since July 1, 1940. He had 10,664 flight hours, 822 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.
First Officer Halden Hammitt, 34, had been employed by TWA since September 12, 1945. He had 6,355 flight hours, 307 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.
The other crew members were Navigator Harley Hackett, Flight Engineer Melvin House, Radio Operator Herbert Stiles, Purser Jose Bernard, and Stewardess Jeanne Lorenzi.
The aircraft departed Cairo at 23:35 for Rome with 55 persons aboard, (48 passengers and seven crew members), in good weather.
As Flight 903 was climbing at 10,000 ft (3,000 m), the crew reported that its number three engine was on fire and that they needed a priority return to Cairo. As the plane was returning to Cairo, the engine separated from the aircraft, forcing the crew to attempt a forced landing in the desert about 65 mi (105 km) NNW of Cairo. The airliner went down near the village of Itay El Barud at the rim of the Western Desert, killing all 55 on board.[citation needed]
Searchers found the wreckage strewn over 500 yd (460 m) after trekking 15 mi (24 km) over hot sands to reach it, where the aircraft wreckage was found almost completely burnt out. The bodies of the victims were badly charred, delaying identification. A United Press International correspondent reported that the plane had smashed into a narrow-gauge railway in hitting the ground and had plowed up a considerable stretch of track.