Twa Flight facts

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Prior to 1996, there was no requirement to present an ID to board a plane. The policy was put into place to show the government was “doing something” about the crash of TWA Flight 800.

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A fighter pilot who was rescued in Vietnam never had a chance to thank the helicopter pilot who rescued him. (Or even knew who it was). Years later as a co-pilot for TWA, his flight engineer turned out to be his rescuer.

What really happened to twa flight 800?

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1. TWA Flight 541 was hijacked in 1978 by the daughter of a woman who was killed while hijacking a helicopter to free a federal prisoner, who was in prison for hijacking a TWA flight in 1972.

2. After finishing a fundraiser for the army, actress Carole Lombard (highest paid actress of the 30s and Clark Gable's wife) flipped a coin on whether to return home by plane or train. TWA Flight crashed 13 minutes after takeoff killing Lombard, her mother and 21 others.

3. When TWA Flight 1 crashed into a mountain in 1936, surviving flight attendant Nellie Granger followed telephone wires for 4 miles to get help and call the TWA office and notify them of the crash. Nobody realized that the plane had crashed before the call. She then walked back with help.

4. About TWA Flight 514, which crashed into the side of a mountain in 1974, killing all 92 aboard and damaging a phone line. The phone line and the mountain turned out to be part of a secret US nuclear bunker serving as the linchpin of US Continuity of Government strategy.

5. In 1968, TWA introduced "Foreign Accent" flights in four styles featuring "hostesses" dressed accordingly: Italy (toga), France (gold mini), Old English (wench), and Manhattan Penthouse (pajamas). They also offered steaks cooked to order and various foreign entrées.

6. In 1996 flight TWA 800 was shot down by a missile after leaving JFK airport and was covered up by the FBI and CIA as a mechanical failure.

7. Explosive residue was found on the wreckage of TWA Flight 800, however it was dismissed by the NTSB due to no other evidence of explosives being used.

8. Architect Eero Saarinen, who designed the Gateway Arch, the Washington Dulles International Airport, and the TWA Flight Center as examples, inspired the design of Star Trek, General Motors, IBM, John Deere, and CBS just to name a few.

9. Philippine Airlines Flight 143 whose center wing fuel tank exploded in a way almost identical to the famous TWA Flight 800 that exploded over the Atlantic Ocean six years later in 1996.