- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 06, 1967
Time: 1841
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Operator: Trans World Airlines
Flight #: 159
Route: Cincinnati - Los Angeles
AC Type: Boeing B-707-131
Registration: N742TW
cn / ln: 17669/43
Aboard: 36   (passengers:29  crew:7)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: While on the takeoff roll a loud bang was heard as the aircraft passed a Delta plane and the takeoff was aborted. The aircraft overran the runway and crashed and burned. The inability of the TWA crew to abort successfully their takeoff at the speed attained prior to the attempted abort. The abort was understandably initiated because of the first officer's belief that his plane had collided with a Delta aircraft stopped just off the runway. A contributing factor was the action of the Delta crew in advising the tower that their plane was clear of the runway without carefully ascertaining the facts, and when in fact their aircraft was not a safe distance under the circumstances of another aircraft taking off on that runway.
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