Air disaster

Pan Am Flight 816

22 Jul 1973 · 17.52° S, 149.59° W

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When
22 Jul 1973
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
17.52° S, 149.59° W
Description
1973 aviation accident
Deaths
78

Pan Am Flight 816

1973 aviation accident

Pan Am Flight 816 was an international flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to San Francisco, California, via Tahiti, French Polynesia, and Los Angeles, California. It was operated by a Pan Am Boeing 707 bearing the registration N417PA and named Clipper Winged Racer. On July 22, 1973, at 10:06 P.M. local time, the Boeing 707 took off from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete.

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