Starliner N7301C of TWA, sister ship to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date
26 June 1959
Summary
Lightning strike
Site
In the town of Olgiate Olona near the hamlet of Marnate,[1] Italy
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
Operator
Trans World Airlines
Registration
N7313C
Flight origin
Malpensa Airport (MXP) (MXP/LIMC), Italy
Destination
Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) (ORY/LFPO), France
Passengers
59
Crew
9
Fatalities
68
Survivors
0
TWA Flight 891 was a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner that crashed not long after taking off from Milan Malpensa Airport on 26 June 1959. All 68 passengers and crew on board were killed.
^TWA Plane, 68 aboard, Crashes Near Milan", Lewiston (ME) Evening Journal, June 21, 1959, p1
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