TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. On 31 August 1950, the flight crashed in Egypt due to engine failure.

Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, called The Star of Maryland, registered as N6004C. It had 1,100 flight hours at the time of the crash.

Flight crew

Captain Walton Webb, 45, had been employed by TWA since July 1, 1940. He had 10,664 flight hours, 822 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.

First Officer Halden Hammitt, 34, had been employed by TWA since September 12, 1945. He had 6,355 flight hours, 307 of which were on the Lockheed L-749 Constellation.

The other crew members were Navigator Harley Hackett, Flight Engineer Melvin House, Radio Operator Herbert Stiles, Purser Jose Bernard, and Stewardess Jeanne Lorenzi.

See also

  • List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

References

;Notes

  • Accident report by the Civil Aeronautics Board - Download linkhttps://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33707