Accidents and Incidents
See also: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airlineSince 1942, TWA was involved in 84 incidents. One of the first to gain wide press coverage was the crash of NC1946 (a DC-3), operating Flight 3, which killed Hollywood film star Carole Lombard, her mother, and 20 others.
Another disaster that gained wide coverage and led to major changes in aviation safety, was the collision of a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation with a United Airlines' Douglas DC-7 over the Grand Canyon, which killed 128 people on board. This accident led to groundbreaking changes in the regulation of flight operations in the United States.
A similar event occurred in 1960, this time in New York City, when a similar TWA L-1049 collided with a United Douglas DC-8. The disaster killed 134 people, 84 on board the UAL DC-8, 44 on board the TWA L-1049 and six people on ground.
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