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On July 9, 1982 Pan Am flight 759 crashed shortly after takeoff from New Orleans as the result of a microburst.
Jul 9, 2024 - News
Remembering Pan Am Flight 759 crash in New Orleans metro, 42 years later
Carlie Kollath Wells
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Remembering Pan Am Flight 759 crash in New Orleans metro, 42 years later
Carlie Kollath Wells
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Pan Am Flight 759
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Coordinates: 29°59'15"N 90°14'08"W
N4737, the aircraft involved, pictured in May 1982, two months before the accident.
Accident
Date: July 9, 1982
Summary: Microburst-induced wind shear
Site: near New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana
29°59'15"N 90°14'08"W
Total fatalities: 153
Total injuries: 4
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas. On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as eight people on the ground, were killed.
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Tools
Coordinates: 29°59'15"N 90°14'08"W
N4737, the aircraft involved, pictured in May 1982, two months before the accident.
Accident
Date: July 9, 1982
Summary: Microburst-induced wind shear
Site: near New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana
29°59'15"N 90°14'08"W
Total fatalities: 153
Total injuries: 4
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas. On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as eight people on the ground, were killed.
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