Crash of TWA Flight 694

Crash of TWA Flight 694 (HM2GA8)

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N 39° 3.408', W 84° 42.289'

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TWA flight 694,tail #N93211, had taken off from the airport when
it was struck by a private DC-3
& fell to the ground approximately
750 feet west of here, on January
12, 1955 at 9:04 a.m. The TWA
Martin 202A was en route to
Cleveland, Ohio & the DC-3 was en
route from Battle Creek, Mich. to
Lexington, Ky. when the impact
occurred.
13 passengers and crew on flight 694, including 1 N. Kentuckian, and 2 crew members on the DC-3 perished. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) ruled that the probable cause of the accident was the DC-3 operating in the area as unknown traffic and without clearance. This was the first fatal commercial airplane accident since the airport began its operations in 1947.
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HM NumberHM2GA8
Series This marker is part of the Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society series
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByKentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Transportation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, April 29th, 2019 at 8:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 698596 N 4325586
Decimal Degrees39.05680000, -84.70481667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 3.408', W 84° 42.289'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 3' 24.48" N, 84° 42' 17.34" W
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