Pan Am Flight 759 · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

On July 9, 1982, Pan Am Flight 759 (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport). 153 people died.

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Date
July 9, 1982
Place
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Operator
Pan Am
Killed
153
Injured
4
Position
29.988°N, 90.236°W
Wikidata ID
Q2254983

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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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