ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331808
| Date: | Thursday 4 July 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing 727 |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 77 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kansas City (unknown airport), MO |
| Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, NV (LAS/KLAS) |
A federal prisoner, escorted by two U.S. marshals, told a flight attendant that there was another man on board carrying a gun and dynamite. He was subdued by both marshals. The claim about the armed passenger was false.
Sources:
St. Petersburg Times - Jul 5, 1968
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