Pan Am Flight 7
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Date | November 8, 1957 |
Type | Unknown, possible carbon monoxide poisoning |
Site | Pacific Ocean |
Passengers | 36 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 44 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser |
Aircraft name | Clipper Romance Of The Skies |
Operator | Pan American World Airways |
Tail number | N90944 |
Pan Am Flight 7, registration N90944, Clipper Romance Of The Skies, was an around-the-world-flight originating in San Francisco that flew westbound with several stops before arriving in Philadelphia. On the morning of November 8, 1957 it departed San Francisco on its first leg to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii at 11:51am PST. The flight never arrived in Hawaii and on November 14 the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea spotted bodies and small pieces of wreckage floating on the ocean. The cause of the accident was never determined. Toxicology results showed higher than normal levels of carbon monoxide in the remains suggesting, but not proving, that carbon monoxide poisoning caused the crash.
[edit] References
- Aviation Safety Network Description of the accident
- San Francisco Chronicle story about the accident, November 4, 2007