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Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78.
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Pan Am Flight 816
1973 aviation accident
Pan Am Flight 816 was an international flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to San Francisco, California, via Tahiti, French Polynesia, and Los Angeles, California. It was operated by a Pan Am Boeing 707-321B bearing the registration N417PA and named Clipper Winged Racer. On July…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Faaʼa International Airport
Main airport of French Polynesia
Faaʼa International Airport, also known as Tahiti International Airport, is the international airport of French Polynesia, located in the commune of Faʼaʼā, on the island of Tahiti. It is situated 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of Papeete, the capital city of the overseas collectivity.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Papeete
Capital city of French Polynesia
Papeete is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeʻetē is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeʻetē is the administrative…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 22
Day of the year
July 22 is the 203rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 162 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)