TWA Flight 358
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 June 1971 |
| Summary | Hijacking |
| Site | Chicago, Illinois, Airspace, and New York City, New York, United States |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| Flight origin | O'Hare International Airport, Chicago |
| Destination | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 1 (hijacker) |
Trans World Airlines Flight 358 (TWA Flight 358) was a domestic flight traveling from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. On June 11, 1971, a ticketless man named Gregory White boarded the Boeing 727 aircraft using force and demanded a machine gun, $75,000, and to be flown to North Vietnam. After murdering a passenger, White was soon apprehended at the John F. Kennedy International Airport by FBI agents, wounded, and arrested. It was the first attempted hijacking in the United States that resulted in a passenger fatality.