Incident Overview
Description
Pan Am flight 7, a Boeing Stratocruiser, crashed into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 44 occupants. Boeing 377 Stratocruiser “Clipper Romance of the Skies” carried out a round-the-world flight originating in San Francisco, first stop being Honolulu. The aircraft departed San Francisco at 19:51 GMT for a 10-hour flight. Latest position report over the Pacific was at 01:04. Some days later, on 14 November, the US Navy carrier “Philippine Sea” located bodies and parts of wreckage some 940 miles east of Honolulu and 90 miles North of the intended track. The remains of 19 victims were recovered. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The Board has insufficient tangible evidence at this time to determine the cause of the accident. Further research and investigation is in process concerning the significance of evidence of carbon monoxide in body tissue of the aircraft occupants.”
Primary Cause
Insufficient tangible evidence regarding the cause of the accident.Insufficient tangible evidence regarding the cause of the accident.Share on:
