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TWA Flight 800, was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris.
The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport [12] [13] [14] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. [15] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in tribute to him. [16] [17] [18]
The plane also carried Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette. Lauren Bessette was to be dropped off at Martha's Vineyard Airport, while Kennedy and his wife would continue to Barnstable Municipal Airport. [7] Kennedy had purchased his plane three months before the crash. [8]
"Accident on November 12, 2001 in New York." (in French) "Accident survenu le novembre 12, 2001 à New York." Photos of the plane involved in the accident and of the crash scene from Airliners.net "The Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC – Flight 587 Memorial Project". New York City Government Website (NYC.gov).
A look back at the event that ended the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; and his sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette. JFK Jr. died in a plane crash 25 years ago ...
B15 (New York City bus) Q10 (New York City bus) E. Eastern Air Lines Flight 66; ... List of accidents and incidents at John F. Kennedy International Airport;
The Boeing 707 flying this route ran out of fuel after a failed attempt to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), causing the aircraft to crash onto a hillside in the small village of Cove Neck, New York, on the north shore of Long Island. Eight of the nine crew members and 65 of the 149 passengers on board were killed.
John F. Kennedy Jr. United States 1999 son of John F. Kennedy: Piper PA-32R: Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard: pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. United States 1944 older brother of John F. Kennedy: Consolidated B-24 Liberator modified as a flying bomb: near Blythburgh, Suffolk, England