Friends and relatives mourn as Pan Am Flight 759 crashes
In Las Vegas mourners gathered after Flight 759, a three engine Boeing 727, crashed into a Kenner, Louisiana neighborhood following takeoff from New Orleans. FAA reports at least four on the ground died along with 145 aboard. Pan Am officials read a brief statement of the loss to arriving relatives.
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Robert Macy
Las Vegas
Nev
McCarran International Airport
Keith Braden
Pan Am
Nevada
Braden
Flight 759
Miami
New Orleans
San Diego
McCarran
Sergio Vesques
Airine
Kenner
New Orleans International
Federal Aviation Administration
Los Angeles
Ray Moore
Plane crash toll climbs with bodies moved to trucks
The crash near the Las Vegas airport left 170 feared dead as 80 bodies or body parts were stored in refrigerated trucks while investigators counted 149 at the scene. A 6 year old girl died later, with several survivors and missing relatives described amid a massive rescue effort.
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Clark
Harry Lee
George Burlage
FAA
Southwestern
Fort Worth
Texas
Lisa Baye
East Jefferson General Hospital
Joanne Douglass
Seven family members die aboard Pan Am Flight 75
In Kenner Louisiana the crash of Pan Am Flight 75 killed 145 aboard and sparked a mass vigil. Jeffry Coco of Baton Rouge said seven relatives perished en route to Las Vegas for a funeral. VIP lounge crowds waited for official word as bodies were moved to refrigerated trucks and air port workers prepared for identifications. It was a devastating scene as families learned loved ones were lost.
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George Bodron
Pan Am
Ann Whyte
Miami
New Orleans
Jeffrey Coco
Baton Rouge
Las Vegas
McCarran International Airport
Janet McConnaughey Kenner
Ges
Jeffry Coco
Nev
Jefi
Donald E. Fitzgerald J
Guy Spitale
New Orleans International Airport
Plane crash devastates New Orleans neighborhood killing 145
A Pan Am crash near the airport slashed through homes at 17th and Fairway, killing all 145 aboard and injuring ground victims. Fire, rubble, and heat hindered rescue as workers and volunteers toiled through the night amid scorched debris and burning vehicles.
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17Th
Fairway
New Orleans
Change of plans saves lives of 2
Kenner Louisiana AP report says a man canceled his and a friend's reservations on Pan Am Flight 759, narrowly avoiding the fatal crash. C J Dunaway of Lacombe planned to fly to Las Vegas with his wife and chose a Delta flight instead, leaving him shaken but safe.
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Kenner
Las Vegas
C.J. Dunaway
Lacombe, la
Dunaway
Judy
Delta Air Lines
Three fatal jet crashes in weather-linked year
A Pan Am 727 crash near New Orleans during a thunderstorm killed all 145 aboard, with the plane striking a residential area as a witness described lightning. Earlier in January, an Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in a snowstorm, killing 78, while a World Airways DC-10 slid from icy Boston Runway into the harbor, with two passengers presumed dead. The trio marks a year of fatal U S commercial crashes in bad weather, prompting de icing and runway-condition reviews.
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Sergio Vesques
Uruguay
Las Vegas
Keith Braden
Pan Am
Nevada
Air Florida
Potomac River
Washington National Airport
World Airways
Boston Harbor
United States
American Airlines
Chicago
O’hare
Pan American World Airways
Washington
National Airport
14Th Street
National Transportation and Safety Board
Rudolf Kapustin
Ice
Boston
Logan International
FAA
Peter Langley
Langley
Transportation Board
Boeing 727 tops selling passenger aircraft list
Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. reports the 727 has sold 1,823 units since its 1964 debut, about 1,750 in service, with 36 hull losses and two destroyed by sabotage or terrorism. The model has figured in major U.S. crashes, including the 1978 PSA 727 collision over San Diego that killed 144 aboard.
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Boeing Co
Pan American World Airways
New Orleans
Dick Schieh
Boeing Commercial Airplane Co
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