The aircraft involved, manufactured in July 1971, was a Boeing 747-131 registered as N93119. The aircraft was purchased new by Trans World Airlines in 1971. It had completed 16,869 flights in 93,303 hours of operation and was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AH turbofan engines. On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, as TWA Flight 881 and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4:38 p.m. The aircraft was then refueled and the crew was changed. The crew was led by 58-year-old Captain Ralph G. Kevorkian, who had flown for TWA for 31 years and the U.S. Air Force for nine years and had logged 18,700 flight hours, including 5,400 on the Boeing 747.
The aircraft involved, manufactured in July 1971, was a Boeing 747-131 registered as N93119. The aircraft was purchased new by Trans World Airlines in 1971. It had completed 16,869 flights in 93,303 hours of operation and was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AH turbofan engines. On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, as TWA Flight 881 and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport a.t about 4:38 p.m. The aircraft was then refueled and the crew was changed. The crew was led by 58-year-old Captain Ralph G Kevorkian, who had flown for TWA for 31 years and the U.S. Air Force for nine years and had logged 18,700 flight hours, including 5,400 on the Boeing 747.