Boeing 707 N407PA

17 December 1973 · Rome, Europe · Fatal

Summary

On 17 December 1973 at about 11:45 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N407PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during static near Rome, Europe. 68 people were on board and 31 died, one was seriously injured, 8 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 December 1973 at 11:45
Classification: Incident
Location: Rome, Europe
Nearest airport: Fiumicino
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N407PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Static
Route: New York, Ny → Teheran
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 4-0033

People

31 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
68	31	1	8	28

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

TERRORIST ATTACK.FATALITIES & SERIOUS INJURIES DUE CRIMINAL ACTION.INVEST UNDER JUR ITALIAN GOVT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0033, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Europe 74 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 707 201 1973 4,451

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13 Apr 1973	Hiller Acft UH-12B N6055	Gothenburg, Europe no coordinates	Agawam Helicop	No injuries	-
9 Aug 1973	Cessna 182 N3957D	Malaga, Europe no coordinates	Rota Navy Flyi	Serious injuries	-
12 Mar 1973	Douglas DC-8 N801WA	Lands End, Europe no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
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