What country do USCGC Campbell and TWA Flight 800 have in common?
TWA Flight 800 Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. All 230 people on board perished in the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. territory.
ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109) ROCS "Chang Chien" (張騫, PFG2-1109) is the seventh of eight Taiwanese-built "Cheng Kung"-class frigate s based on the United States "Oliver Hazard Perry" class . Laid down in June 1996 and launched in April 1997, "Chang Chien" was commissioned in November, 1998. All of these Taiwanese frigates have the length of the later "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class vessels, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.