On 6 September , TWA Flight 741 from Frankfurt ( a Boeing 707 ) and Swissair Flight 100 from Zürich ( a Douglas DC-8 ) were forced Motion to land at Dawson 's Field .

Flight 642 was one of only two hull losses Earnings_and_losses of MD-11s with passenger configuration , the other being Swissair Flight 111 , which crashed Catastrophe in 1998 with 229 fatalities .

Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City , United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva , Switzerland .

Swissair Flight 111 was known as the `` UN shuttle '' because of its popularity with United Nations officials ; the flight also carried Carry_goods business executives , scientists , and researchers .