TWA Flight 840 (1969)

Hijacked flight on 29 August 1969 by the PFLP
Event aircraft_hijacking Q2919509
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TWA Flight 840 (1969)

Summary

TWA Flight 840 (1969) is an aircraft hijacking[1]. TWA Flight 840 (1969) draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_hijacking category, ranking #43 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s image is recorded as Boeing 707-331B, Trans World Airlines (TWA) JP6421175.jpg[3].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s instance of is recorded as aircraft hijacking[4].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s item operated is recorded as Boeing 707[5].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s operator is recorded as Trans World Airlines[6].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s Commons category is recorded as TWA Flight 840 (1969)[7].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s point in time is recorded as +1969-08-29T00:00:00Z[8].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gwb9h[9].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[10].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s start point is recorded as Roma Fiumicino Airport[11].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s destination point is recorded as Ben Gurion Airport[12].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+127'}[13].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s Aviation Safety Network accident ID is recorded as 19690829-1[14].
  • TWA Flight 840 (1969)'s via is recorded as Ellinikon International Airport[15].

Why It Matters

TWA Flight 840 (1969) draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_hijacking category, ranking #43 of 68).[2] TWA Flight 840 (1969) has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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