EXHIBIT 24
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John W. Bachmann, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
   
   
 /s/ John W. Bachmann
   
   
 John W. Bachmann
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 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Eugene P. Conese, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of January, 2000.
   
   
 /s/ Eugene P. Conese
   
   
 Eugene P. Conese
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 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gerald L. Gitner, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
   
   
 /s/ Gerald L. Gitner
   
   
 Gerald L. Gitner
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 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Edgar M. House, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of January, 2000.
 
   
  /s/ Edgar M. House
 
   
  Edgar M. House
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Thomas H. Jacobsen, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Thomas H. Jacobsen
Thomas H. Jacobsen
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Myron Kaplan, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Myron Kaplan
Myron Kaplan
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, David M. Kennedy, Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of January, 2000.
/s/ David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Merrill A. McPeak, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Merrill A. McPeak
Merrill A. McPeak
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Thomas F. Meagher, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Thomas F. Meagher
Thomas F. Meagher
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, William O'Driscoll, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th day of January, 2000.
/s/ William O'Driscoll
William O'Driscoll
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Robert A. Pastore, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Robert A. Pastore
Robert A. Pastore
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, G. Joseph Reddington, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
/s/ G. Joseph Reddington
G. Joseph Reddington
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Blanche M. Touhill, a Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of additional shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered to employees pursuant to the 401(k) plan known as the 401(k) Plan for Pilots of Trans World Airlines, Inc., and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of January, 2000.
/s/ Blanche M. Touhill
Blanche M. Touhill