Air disaster

Pan Am Flight 7

8 Nov 1957 · 29.43° N, 143.57° W

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When
8 Nov 1957
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
29.43° N, 143.57° W
Description
1957 plane crash in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Deaths
44

Pan Am Flight 7

1957 aircraft accident in the Pacific Ocean

Pan Am Flight 7 was a westbound round-the-world flight operated by Pan American World Airways. On November 8, 1957, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser serving the flight, named Clipper Romance of the Skies, crashed in the Pacific Ocean en route to Honolulu International Airport from San Francisco. The crash killed all 36 passengers and eight crew members.

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