Air Crash Daily | TWA Flight 891 Aftermath Footage @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Accident Description:
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๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ญ was a scheduled international passenger flight from Athens to Chicago with intermediate stops in Rome, Milan, Paris, Shannon, and Gander. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner (Reg. N7313C) on ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต.
The plane departed Rome at 15:00 and reached Milan at 16:36 after a normal flight. The plane departed Malpensa Airport at 17:20 in weather conditions with scattered thunderstorms. The flight crew received clearance to the Saronno NDB, where it has to fly a climbing circuit to at least 10,000 feet. It then has to proceed to the Biella NDB, which has to be reached at least 18,500 feet before crossing the Alpine mountains.
At 17:26 the flight reported climbing through 6,000 feet in the Saronno circuit. 6 minutes later they report having reached 10,000 feet and continuing to Biella, which they estimate to reach at 17:45. About 17:35 the plane suffered a structural failure occurred, initiated by a wing separation. The plane broke up and crashed, with debris scattered over an area of about 3 square kilometers.
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"The breaking-up in flight was due to the explosion of the fuel vapours contained in tank No.7, followed immediately by either an explosion of pressure or a further explosion in tank no.6. In the absence of other significant concrete evidence, taking into account the stormy weather conditions, with frequent electric discharges, existing in the area at the time of the crash, it may be assumed that the explosion of the fuel vapours contained in tank No.7 was set off, through the outlet pipes, by igniting of the gasoline vapours issuing from these pipes as a consequence of static electricity discharges (streamer corona) which developed on the vent outlets."
Accident Description:
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https://x.com/aircrashdaily/status/1541027528554729473?s=19
๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ญ was a scheduled international passenger flight from Athens to Chicago with intermediate stops in Rome, Milan, Paris, Shannon, and Gander. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner (Reg. N7313C) on ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต.
The plane departed Rome at 15:00 and reached Milan at 16:36 after a normal flight. The plane departed Malpensa Airport at 17:20 in weather conditions with scattered thunderstorms. The flight crew received clearance to the Saronno NDB, where it has to fly a climbing circuit to at least 10,000 feet. It then has to proceed to the Biella NDB, which has to be reached at least 18,500 feet before crossing the Alpine mountains.
At 17:26 the flight reported climbing through 6,000 feet in the Saronno circuit. 6 minutes later they report having reached 10,000 feet and continuing to Biella, which they estimate to reach at 17:45. About 17:35 the plane suffered a structural failure occurred, initiated by a wing separation. The plane broke up and crashed, with debris scattered over an area of about 3 square kilometers.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐:
"The breaking-up in flight was due to the explosion of the fuel vapours contained in tank No.7, followed immediately by either an explosion of pressure or a further explosion in tank no.6. In the absence of other significant concrete evidence, taking into account the stormy weather conditions, with frequent electric discharges, existing in the area at the time of the crash, it may be assumed that the explosion of the fuel vapours contained in tank No.7 was set off, through the outlet pipes, by igniting of the gasoline vapours issuing from these pipes as a consequence of static electricity discharges (streamer corona) which developed on the vent outlets."
