In 1996, he had the option to work an open captain position on ill-fated TWA Flight 800. ... “I was already (assigned to) the Cairo flight, which was a 767. Flight 800 was a 747.

Targeting the large market for business travel, Trans World Airlines said it will launch the only nonstop service between John Wayne Airport and New York's John F.

TWA Flight 800 grabbed the world’s attention when shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in July 1996, the Paris-bound Boeing 747 exploded, killing all 230 onboard.

On Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 8:19 p.m., TWA Flight 800 took off from JFK airport and headed out over Long Island toward Paris. It was a perfect summer night, 70 degrees, the sky clear. Twelve mi… ...

On July 17, 1996, all 230 people aboard died when faulty wiring led to a fire and the disintegration of TWA Flight 800 over the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, N.Y., providing the ending ...

Debate rages over documentary about 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 . Allegations that NTSB/FBI crash probe was flawed fuels conspiracy theories. Ex-FBI investigation chief and ex-NTSB officials ...

Ruth Richter Holden, daughter of TWA co-founder Paul Richter, donates 1937 Lockheed 12A Electra Junior to Kansas City’s TWA Museum.

Wreckage from TWA Flight 800, which exploded in 1996 shortly after takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy airport, will be decommissioned and destroyed, the NTSB announced.