TWA Flight 6963

Cairo Skychief departed Paris-Orly at 23:16 arriving at Shannon at 02:00 when Shannon control tower cleared the aircraft for approach to runway 14. At 02:06 the crew reported being over the range station at {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}}. Shannon Tower advised the crew that Shannon was reporting 10/10 cloud cover at {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}, 4/10 at {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}, visibility {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}}, wind 120 degrees, {{convert|5|kn|kph mph|abbr=on}}. During the left turn onto final, the aircraft passed behind a low hill blocking the airport lights from the pilot's vision, the aircraft lost altitude and the port wing-tip struck the ground; the aircraft crashed and caught fire.<ref name=asn19461228-1/>

Cairo Skychief departed Paris-Orly at 23:16 arriving at Shannon at 02:00 when Shannon control tower cleared the aircraft for approach to runway 14. At 02:06 the crew reported being over the range station at {{convert|1200|ft|m|abbr=on}}. Shannon Tower advised the crew that Shannon was reporting 10/10 cloud cover at {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}}, 4/10 at {{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}}, visibility {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}}, wind 120 degrees, {{convert|5|kn|kph mph|abbr=on}}. During the left turn onto final, the aircraft passed behind a low hill blocking the airport lights from the pilot's vision, the aircraft lost altitude and the port wing-tip struck the ground; the aircraft crashed and caught fire.<ref name=asn19461228-1/>

Captain Herbert W. Tansey and First Officer Clifford V. Sparrow were seriously injured, but were among the survivors.<ref name="CAB report"/><ref name=flight090147/> The Irish [[Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Department of Industry and Commerce]], the U.S. [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]], and the TWA Regional Accident Board started an investigation into the crash.<ref name=flight090147>{{cite journal |title=The Shannon Crash |journal=Flight |page=33 |date=9 January 1947 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200048.html |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710051152/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200048.html |archive-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> Investigators arrived in Shannon on 31 December for the local phase and later phases took place in London, New York, and Wilmington, with a public hearing on 30 and 31 January 1947, in New York City.<ref name="CAB report"/>

Captain Herbert W. Tansey and First Officer Clifford V. Sparrow were seriously injured, but were among the survivors.<ref name="CAB report"/><ref name=flight090147/> The Irish [[Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Department of Industry and Commerce]], the U.S. [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]], and the TWA Regional Accident Board started an investigation into the crash.<ref name=flight090147>{{cite journal |title=The Shannon Crash |journal=Flight |page=33 |date=9 January 1947 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200048.html |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710051152/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200048.html |archive-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> Investigators arrived in Shannon on 31 December for the local phase and later phases took place in London, New York, and Wilmington, with a public hearing on 30 and 31 January 1947, in New York City.<ref name="CAB report"/>

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