- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 12, 1968 |
Time: | 0058 |
Location: | Calcutta, India |
Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Bangkok - Karachi |
AC Type: | Boeing B-707-321C |
Registration: | N798PA |
cn / ln: | 18790/394 |
Aboard: | 63 (passengers:53 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:5 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed 1,200 meters short of the runway and hit a tree and caught fire in heavy rain on a night approach. Improper IFR operation. Misused or failed to use flaps. Descended below decision height. The aircraft was named "Clipper Caribbean." |
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