Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 AUG 1982 |
| Type: | Boeing 747-121 |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | N754PA |
| C/n / msn: | 19658/47 |
| First flight: | 1970-05-15 (12 years 3 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 225 km (140.6 mls) from Hawaii (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
| Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 830 |
On a flight from Tokyo one passenger was killed when a bomb, located under the seat cushion, exploded. The explosion also resulted in a hole in the floor and damage to the ceiling and overhead racks. A safe landing was made at Honolulu.
The bomb allegedly was placed by Mohammed Rashed, a Jordanian connected to the 15 May Organization. In 1988, he was arrested in Greece. He was later convicted of murder.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
» Pan Am Flight 830. (2006, September 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:34, October 15, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pan_Am_Flight_830&oldid=78042296
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tokyo-Narita Airport to Honolulu International Airport, HI as the crow flies is 6095 km (3809 miles).
Distance from Tokyo-Narita Airport to Honolulu International Airport, HI as the crow flies is 6095 km (3809 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.
