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History of the Flight
Trip 6 originated at Los Angeles, California, and departed the Union Air Terminal on January 22 about 1:10 p.m. (PST). Due to weather conditions prevailing, the flight was dispatched over an alternate route to Kansas City via Phoenix, Arizona; El Paso, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Amarillo, Texas. Since this alternate route required considerably more time to traverse than the regular route, the flight arrived in Kansas City at 2:08 a.m., January 23, which was approximately two hours and 16 minutes behind schedule. In accordance with the usual procedure, a different crew, consisting of Captain Scott, First Officer DioGuardi, and Air Hostess Eshbrech, took charge of the airplane for the remainder of the flight to New York City.
The flight plan for Trip 6 from Kansas City to New York, which had been prepared by First Officer DioGuardi under the supervision of Captain Scott and approved by the TWA flight superintendent on duty at Kansas City, provided for intermediate stops at St. Louis, Missouri; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to the filing of this flight plan, Captain Scott conferred with the company meteorologist and flight superintendent and after discussing weather conditions over the route to be flown, he prepared a further analysis for the flight.
Trip 6 was rescheduled to leave the City Municipal airport at 2:26 a.m. (CST) and in accordance with the regular company procedure was cleared by the company flight superintendent at Kansas City for an instrument flight to St. Louis. The clearance was
