Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...
As one of the early TWA flight attendants, Nellie Granger was starting out in a new role in a growing industry. One deadly crash tested her skills, and turned her into a hero.
HAMILTON, Mass. (AP) — When TWA flight attendant Janet Collett flipped on the TV last summer and saw burning wreckage of TWA Flight 800 floating in the ocean off Long Island, she knew Warren Dodge was ...
The building's story begins with the TWA Flight Center, an iconic terminal by celebrated Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. Completed in 1962, the terminal was a bold expression of Saarinen's ...
LAS VEGAS -- Ground searchers today sighted what they believed to be the wreckage of a TWA plane carrying Carole Lombard, fun-loving, beautiful blonde film actress, and 21 other persons ...
I’m 72 years old and my father was 103 years old, and I still went to him for advice, believe it or not,” his son said. “He ...
An air-traffic controller hunched over his radarscope one morning last week as he nursed Trans World Airlines’ Super Constellation Flight 266 (from Dayton and Columbus) through rain, sleet and ...
This distinctive aircraft was among the first airliners to be pressurized and make the transcontinental flight with passengers nonstop.
Leila Khaled rose to fame in 1969 when she became the first female to hijack an airplane. On 29 August 1969, Leila Khaled and an accomplice, Salim Issawi, hijacked an American civilian aircraft, TWA ...
With the recent spate of air accidents, travellers may feel less confident. But is flying really becoming unsafe?