Airspace & ATC
TWA Flight 514 Crashed Into Virginia Mountains After a Single Misunderstood Clearance
On the morning of December 1st, 1974, a TWA Boeing 727 descending toward Washington Dulles Airport in low cloud and strong winds struck the Blue Ridge Mountains after its crew acted on what they believed was permission to drop to 1,800 feet — terrain that reached nearly that same elevation. All 92 p