A thick layer of moist marine air stretched over land from the Pacific Ocean, covering much of Los Angeles International Airport as dawn broke on Saturday, June 30,1956. Obscuring the rising sun in a thin, gray haze, it produced what was called 'June gloom,' an overcast condition that rose to 2,500 feet and looked like rain but produced none. Visibility was sufficient for operations and the morning schedule of airliners coming and going was not affected. TWA Flight 24, a Lockheed 049 Constellation arriving from San Francisco, landed on schedule at 8:40 a.m., Pacific Daylight Savings Time, and at 9:15 this flight would continue on to Kansas City and points east. After deplaning and walking down the open-air concourse towards the terminal building, 12-year-old Bob Woodling, his parents and two brothers passed TWA Flight 2, a 1049 Super Constellation that was scheduled to leave at 9:30, also headed for Kansas City and St. Louis, and then on to Washington National Airport. Inside the terminal, Bob's father - a TWA executive based at Kansas City -stopped to chat with several company employees who were standing by in hopes of finding open seats on Flight 2.
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机译：1956年6月30日星期六黎明，一股厚厚的潮湿的海洋空气从太平洋延伸到整个陆地，覆盖了洛杉矶国际机场的大部分地方。它被薄薄的灰色阴霾遮盖了升起的太阳，产生了所谓的“六月阴沉”，这是一种阴天，升至2500英尺，看上去像雨，但什么也没产生。能见度足以满足运营需求，来回班机的早上时间表不会受到影响。 TWA 24号航班是从旧金山抵达的洛克希德049星座，按时于太平洋夏令时间上午8:40降落，该航班将在9:15继续飞往堪萨斯城并向东飞行。 12岁的鲍勃·伍德林（Bob Woodling）离开航站楼并朝露天航站楼走下后，他的父母和两个兄弟通过了TWA 2航班，这是一架1049超级星座，原定于9:30起飞，也飞往堪萨斯城和圣路易斯，然后上华盛顿国家机场。在航站楼内，鲍勃的父亲-堪萨斯城的TWA高管-停下来与几名公司员工聊天，他们希望在第2航班上找到空位。
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