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In remembrance of Pan Am flight 759--39 years ago today. Kenner, Louisiana
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:18 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:18 am
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Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board and 8 people on the ground were killed.
The crash had the highest number of aviation fatalities in 1982.
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Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:18 am to Ezra Reed
T’s and P’s to all the bruhs
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:19 am to Ezra Reed
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8 people on the ground were killed
miracle.
i remember being at work and one of my coworkers lived in kenner. he literally ran to his car and hauled arse out of the parking lot.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:21 am to MorbidTheClown
Paging 777Tiger. He's the resident expert on that tragedy. I believe I recall he said was present at the airport that day.
I have relatives in that neighborhood where it crashed. They were a block over but just awful.
Terrible day.
I have relatives in that neighborhood where it crashed. They were a block over but just awful.
Terrible day.
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 9:23 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:23 am to mikelbr
I knew a lady from Houma that was a passenger. A friends sister. RIP
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 9:25 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:28 am to Bigfishchoupique
Joe Iverstine was a professor at SLU. He and his wife were taking their first trip alone after adopting their first child.
RIP Dr Iverstine.
RIP Dr Iverstine.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:32 am to Ezra Reed
A prominent Nola oil and gas operator was headed to Vegas on that flight. He was supposedly carrying $100k in cash. Dont know if it was ever recovered.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:34 am to Ezra Reed
I had a family of close friends one block away from the crash on Fairway, and another friend's father's accounting office (in their former home) had a trench dug along the side of the house from the wing. The accounting office was fully staffed and open and the house was spared.
I lived about 2 miles away.
On the day of the crash I was interviewing for a job at Godfathers' Pizza on Veterans Blvd. I rode my bike to the interview. During the time I was inside a huge thunderstorm came through. After I got the job I went out front, the storm had passed, and a news helicopter was hovering right overhead, above the parking lot, broadcasting the smoldering crash scene from as close as they were allowed to be.
That was a very crazy day.
I lived about 2 miles away.
On the day of the crash I was interviewing for a job at Godfathers' Pizza on Veterans Blvd. I rode my bike to the interview. During the time I was inside a huge thunderstorm came through. After I got the job I went out front, the storm had passed, and a news helicopter was hovering right overhead, above the parking lot, broadcasting the smoldering crash scene from as close as they were allowed to be.
That was a very crazy day.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:36 am to Ezra Reed
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In one of the destroyed houses, a 16-month-old baby girl was discovered in a crib covered with debris that protected her from the flames, sustaining only minor burns.[5] The child's mother and 4-year-old sister were killed.
I met her years later at LSU, super nice, obviously she didn't remember any of it.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:37 am to Ezra Reed
one of the execs at the company i was working for was on a "business trip" on that flight. turned out he was headed out on a long distance booty call.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:39 am to mikelbr
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Paging 777Tiger. He's the resident expert on that tragedy. I believe I recall he said was present at the airport that day.
Correct. He was in line to take off. The doomed plane was 2 spots ahead of him.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:43 am to Ezra Reed
I was in school during this time and a handful of us picked $10k in stock and were tracking it for the year. I went all in on Pan Am. Was just a kid but learned a valuable lesson.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:44 am to Bestbank Tiger
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Correct. He was in line to take off. The doomed plane was 2 spots ahead of him.
Shite. I’m ready to hear his story. Damn
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 9:47 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:45 am to Bestbank Tiger
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He was in line to take off. The doomed plane was 2 spots ahead of him
Holy frick.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:54 am to Bigfishchoupique
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:13 am to Ezra Reed
I went to high school with a guy whose parent's were on that flight. I just remember thinking it didn't make sense that someone my age could lose both parents.
Later I dated a girl and her father was on the rescue/recovery team there. He said that it was just a horrible scene.
Later I dated a girl and her father was on the rescue/recovery team there. He said that it was just a horrible scene.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:19 am to Ezra Reed
I've seen some of the unpublished photos from the ground after the crash.
Pretty horrifying. Lots of visible body parts among the debris. Although everyone on the plane died, it is a miracle so few on the ground did.
My aunt was a nurse at the time and got called in for expected influx of patients. Not many came, she said. People were either spared or dead.
Pretty horrifying. Lots of visible body parts among the debris. Although everyone on the plane died, it is a miracle so few on the ground did.
My aunt was a nurse at the time and got called in for expected influx of patients. Not many came, she said. People were either spared or dead.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:29 am to Ezra Reed
had a friend that lived near crash site, two houses down from her was an obliterated house. Pieces and parts all over their back yard. I worked a few blocks away that summer and the day in happened - surreal.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:30 am to Athis
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I went to high school with a guy whose parent's were on that flight. I just remember thinking it didn't make sense that someone my age could lose both parents.
met a guy in the Navy that lost both parents on that flight.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:31 am to tigahbruh
Terrible day, still have thoughts of that pop up every once in a while.
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