Barbara Kwan

 

 

Age: 40

 

Summary: flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA) based at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in downtown Phoenix, Arizona who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while she was traveling with fellow flight attendant Lonnie Ingenhuett aboard the New York-to-Paris flight.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: May 29, 1956

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York