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Pan Am Flight 845/26 ditches in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon, killing four.

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Pan Am Flight 845/26

1955 aircraft accident in the Pacific Ocean

Pan Am Flight 845/26 was a four-engined Boeing 377 Stratocruiser named Clipper United States and registered as N1032V. It departed Portland International Airport in Oregon on a flight to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii on 26 March 1955. The aircraft was en route and…
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Pacific Ocean

Oceanic division

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west…
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Oregon

U.S. state

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42°…
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March 26

Day of the year

March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year.
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