What the records say
- When
- 30 Jan 1974
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 14.35° S, 170.73° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 97
- Cause
- wind shear
Pan Am Flight 806
1974 aviation accident
Pan Am Flight 806 was an international scheduled flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at Pago Pago, American Samoa and Honolulu, Hawaii. On January 30, 1974, the Boeing 707 Clipper Radiant crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport, killing 87 passengers and ten crew members, making it the deadliest aviation incident in American Samoan history.
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