ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331694
Date: | Thursday 12 December 1968 |
Time: | 22:02 |
Type: | Boeing 707-321B |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N494PA |
MSN: | 19696/688 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 51 / Occupants: 51 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 18,4 km N off Caracas -
Venezuela
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Destination airport: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
Narrative:Pan Am flight 217, a Boeing 707-300 named "Clipper Malay", crashed into the sea to the north off Caracas, Venezuela. The crew possibly descended into the sea due to an optical illusion created by the lights of the city on an upslope.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | DCA69R0002 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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