Pan Am Flight 830

Pan Am Flight 830

Infobox Airliner accident
name=Pan Am Flight 830
Crash

Image caption=
Date=August 11, 1982
Type=Terrorist bombing
Site=Pacific Ocean, Northwest of Hawaii
Fatalities=1
Injuries=15
Aircraft Type=Boeing 747-121
Origin=Narita International Airport
Stopover=Honolulu International Airport
Destination=Los Angeles International Airport
Operator=Pan American World Airways
Tail Number=airreg|N|754PA|disaster
Ship name="Clipper Ocean Rover"
Passengers=264
Crew=10
Survivors=273|

Pan Am Flight 830 was a Boeing 747-121, named "Clipper Ocean Rover", flying from Narita International Airport in Tokyo to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii on August 11, 1982.

One hundred forty miles Northwest of Hawaii, at 36,000 feet, and with 274 people onboardFact|date=April 2007, a bomb placed under a seat cushion exploded, killing 16-year-old Toru Ozawa, a Japanese national. The blast also injured 15 other people (including the boy's parents) and caused damage to the floor and ceiling. The aircraft remained airborne and made an emergency landing in Honolulu. It was later put back in service by Pan American World Airways.

The bomb was allegedly placed by Mohammed Rashed, a Jordanian connected to the 15 May Organization. In 1988, he was arrested in Greece and was later convicted of murder. He was released in 1996 after serving a partial sentence of 8 years instead of 15. In 2006, he was convicted by a United States court to serve another 7 years.

External links

* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820811-0 Aviation Safety Network] Description of the accident
* [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_crm_172.html U.S. Department of Justice] Jordanian Man Sentenced in 1982 Bombing Of Pan Am Flight From Tokyo To Honolulu
* [http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0127398/M/ Airliners.Net] 1981 picture of the "Clipper Ocean Rover"


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