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Pan Am Flight Clipper Panama
Pan Am Douglas DC-6B similar to the one destroyed at Shannon Airport
Accident
DateJune 22, 1959 (1959-06-22)
SummaryPropeller failure, engine separation
SiteShannon Airport, Ireland
52°42′57.86″N 8°53′55.3″W / 52.7160722°N 8.898694°W / 52.7160722; -8.898694
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-6B
Aircraft nameClipper Panama
OperatorPan American World Airways
RegistrationN5026K
Flight originFrankfurt
1st stopoverHeathrow Airport
Last stopoverShannon Airport
DestinationNew York City
Passengers2
Crew6
Survivors8

Pan Am Flight Clipper Panama, Douglas DC-6B N5026K, was a cargo flight from Frankfurt to New York City. On 22 June 1959 it caught fire on takeoff and was destroyed. All six flight crew and two passengers survived.

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