Courtney Johns

 

 

Age: 18

 

Summary: scholar-athlete and varsity tennis player at Villanova University near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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 on her way to France to visit her friend as part of an exchange program.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: May 3, 1978

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York