Pan Am Flight 708

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**Pan Am Flight 708**
Summary
Date	November 15, 1966
Type	Undetermined
Site	Near Berlin, Germany
Fatalities	3
Injuries	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-21
Operator	Pan American World Airways
Tail number	N317PA
Ship name	Clipper München
Passengers	0
Crew	3
Survivors	0

Pan Am Flight 708 was a cargo flight that crashed less than 10 miles west-southwest of Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, in the early morning hours of November 15, 1966. The flight was a Boeing 727 (N317PA) routed from Frankfurt to Berlin-Tegel and was on initial approach. All three crew members perished. The cause was undetermined because U.S. investigators were not allowed to survey the accident site or the aircraft remains. The accident site was in the Soviet occupation zone.

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Flight 708 usually landed at Tempelhof Airport. But because of runway maintenance at Tegel Airport, Pan Am shifted its flights to Tempelhof. At the time of the accident, weather was poor and it was snowing.

The Soviet authorities returned about 50 percent of the wreckage. Some major components were not returned, including the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, flight control systems, navigation and communication equipment. Some have speculated that the aircraft was shot down.