Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 DEC 1968 |
| Time: | 22:02 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-321B |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | N494PA |
| C/n / msn: | 19696/688 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 51 / Occupants: 51 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 18,4 km (11.5 mls) N off Caracas (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela | |
| Flightnumber: | 217 |
"Clipper Malay" crashed into the ocean at night. The crew possibly descended into the sea due to an optical illusion created by the lights of the city on an upslope.
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Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport as the crow flies is 3382 km (2114 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport as the crow flies is 3382 km (2114 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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