ICAO Circular - Aircraft Accident Digest
In this volume of the ICAO Circular Aircraft Accident Digest, the crash of TWA flight 891 was detailed. 68 people lost their lives in the accident.
"TWA's scheduled flight No. 891/26
took off from Malpensa Airport, Milan, at
1620 hours GMT for Orly Airport, Paris,
with 8 regular crew, one extra member
and 59 passengers on board. After
15 minutes of flight and while still climbing on the prescribed route (Malpensa -
NDB Saronno - NDB Biella} disintegration
of the aircraft occurred and it crashed to
the ground, from an altitude of about
11 000 ft, near Olgiate Olona. All persons
aboard were killed, and the aircraft was
destroyed."
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