Pan Am Flight 759
| File:Boeing 727-235, Pan American World Airways - Pan Am AN0987418.jpg A Pan Am Boeing 727-200 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 July 1982 |
| Summary | Microburst-induced wind shear |
| Site | Kenner, Louisiana United States Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Total fatalities | 153 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-235 |
| Aircraft name | Clipper Defiance |
| Operator | Pan Am |
| Registration | N4737 |
| Flight origin | Miami International Airport |
| 1st stopover | New Orleans Int'l Airport |
| Last stopover | McCarran Int'l Airport |
| Destination | San Diego Int’l Airport |
| Occupants | 145 |
| Passengers | 138 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 145 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 8 |
| Ground injuries | 4 |
Pan Am Flight 759 was a domestic flight from Miami to San Diego with stopovers at New Orleans and Las Vegas, the plane was operated by a Boeing 727 with 145 people on-board. On July 9, 1982 the plane as forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff, and crashed into a suburb of Kenner. All 145 people on-board the plane along with eight more on the ground died in the crash.
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