The Aircraft involved in the incident, seen 4 years after the incident, in 1977
Accident
Date
August 28, 1973
Summary
Pilot-induced oscillation in response to aircraft upset caused by manufacturing flaw
Site
Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 707-331B
Operator
Trans World Airlines
Registration
N8705T
Flight origin
Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
1st stopover
Kai Tak International Airport, Hong Kong
2nd stopover
Taipei Songshan Airport, Taipei, Republic of China
3rd stopover
Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan
4th stopover
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam
5th stopover
Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, United States
Last stopover
Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States
Destination
San Francisco International Airport, California, United States
Passengers
141
Crew
11
Fatalities
1
Injuries
4[1]
Survivors
151
TWA Flight 742 was a multi-leg Trans World Airlines flight from Bangkok to San Francisco. On August 28, 1973, near the end of its penultimate leg from Honolulu to Los Angeles, during the descent over the Pacific Ocean, the Boeing 707 entered severe porpoising oscillations, resulting in injuries to two crew members and three passengers; one critically injured passenger died two days later.
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