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Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4, took off from San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, Puerto Rico, at 12:11 PM AST on April 11, 1952 on a flight to Idlewild International Airport, New York City with 64 passengers and five crew members on board. [1] Due to inadequate maintenance, engine no. 3 failed after takeoff, followed shortly by engine no. 4. [2]
N747GE with CFM56 engine on the #2 pylon at the Mojave Airport in 2002.. General Electric Aircraft Engines (now known as GE Aerospace) purchased the aircraft after Pan Am’s bankruptcy to serve as an airborne laboratory, specifically for testing jet engines from GE and its joint venture partners. [1]
R4D and R5D aircraft commander school was located at Olathe. NATS also contracted Pan American to operate seaplane transport service from San Francisco to Hawaii. Pan America utilized Martin M-130 China Clippers, Boeing 314s, and Navy supplied Consolidated PB2Y Coronados. Pan Am initially operated out of its prewar terminal at Treasure Island.
Pan Am continued to utilize the former National Miami maintenance base and headquarters building until Pan Am itself ceased operations in December 1991. [33] Much later, National's "Sun King" logo was sold and repackaged, much like Pan Am's, to start-up low-cost carrier Southeast Airlines, which used it on the tail of its aircraft.
While a program to refurbish Pan Am aircraft and improve the company's on-time performance began showing positive results (in fact, Pan Am's most profitable quarter ever was the third quarter of 1988), on December 21, 1988, the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 above Lockerbie, Scotland, resulted in 270 fatalities. [122]
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A Hamiata DC-3-196A (registration URSS-N) crashed 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Yanchi, China, killing all 32 on board; wreckage was found six days later. While flying over the Chigi-Chinze pass, the aircraft encountered icing conditions followed by a downdraft. Control was lost and the aircraft struck the southern side of the pass.
Boston-Maine Airways then took over its operations, which resumed the Boeing 727 jet service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand on February 17, 2005. In August 2005, a federal investigation into fraudulent financial data submitted by Boston-Maine Airways halted plans to expand its fleet and route system.