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Russell L. Ray Jr. (CEO, 1991) Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways [2] and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century. It was the first airline to fly worldwide ...
0. Pan American World Airways Flight 202 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that crashed in the Amazon Basin about 281 nautical miles (320 mi; 520 km) southwest of Carolina, Brazil on April 29, 1952. [1] The accident happened en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the third leg of a four-leg ...
April 6, 1944. Pilgrim 100B NC742N crashed 10 miles east of Nome, Alaska due to pilot error, killing all six on board. August 8, 1944. Flight 218, operated by Sikorsky S-42 (NC823M) Hong Kong Clipper, lost control and crashed on takeoff from Antilla Airport, Cuba, killing 17 of 31 on board. [9] January 8, 1945.
Pan Am Flight 914 is a hoax that a Douglas DC-4 disappeared after a takeoff in 1955 and only landed again three decades later. The hoax alleges that a Pan Am Douglas DC-4 with 54 passengers and 10 crew members disappeared without a trace on a flight from New York City to Miami on July 2nd, 1955. After 30 years (37 in some sources), the plane ...
Charles E. Cobb. Martin Shugrue. Pan American Airways (also known as Pan Am II) was founded in 1996 after an investment group including Charles Cobb, the former Ambassador to Iceland, purchased the rights to the venerable Pan American brand after the original carrier declared bankruptcy. It was headquartered in an unincorporated area in Miami ...
Pan Am Flight 103 The remains of the forward section from Clipper Maid of the Seas on Tundergarth Hill Bombing Date 21 December 1988 (1988-12-21) Summary In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing Site Lockerbie, Scotland Total fatalities 270 Aircraft Aircraft type Boeing 747-121 Aircraft name Clipper Maid of the Seas Operator Pan American World Airways IATA flight No. PA103 ICAO flight No ...
On November 3, 1973, Pan Am flight 160 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for the destination of Frankfurt with a stop in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The flight departed at 08:25 EST and it was carrying 15,360 lb (6,970 kg) of chemicals. The first sign of trouble occurred at 09:04 EST with smoke in the lower 41 electrical ...
358. Pan Am Flight 73 was a Pan American World Airways flight from Bombay, India, to New York, United States, with scheduled stops in Karachi, Pakistan, and Frankfurt, West Germany . On September 5, 1986, the Boeing 747-121 serving the flight was hijacked while on the ground at Karachi by four armed Palestinian terrorists of the Abu Nidal ...