| - | 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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