Pan Am Flight 759
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.
Accident summary | |
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Date | 9 July 1982 |
Summary | Microburst-induced wind shear |
Place | Kenner, Louisiana United States 29°59′15″N 90°14′08″W / 29.98750°N 90.23556°WCoordinates: 29°59′15″N 90°14′08″W / 29.98750°N 90.23556°W |
Passengers | 138 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 145 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-235 |
Aircraft name | Clipper Defiance |
Airline/user | Pan Am |
Registration | N4737 |
Flew from | Miami International Airport |
1st stopover | New Orleans Int'l Airport |
Last stopover | McCarran Int'l Airport |
Flying to | San Diego Int’l Airport |
Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
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United States | 98 | 7 | 105 |
Uruguay | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 4 |
United Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Korea | 8 | 0 | 8 |
West Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Brazil | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Panama | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 138 | 7 | 145 |