Pan Am Flight 1736 Pilot

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Pan Am Flight 1736 had originated at Los Angeles International Airport, with an intermediate stop at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The aircraft was a Boeing 747-121, registration N736PA, named Clipper Victor. Of the 380 passengers (mostly of retirement age, but including two children), 14 had boarded in New York, where the crew was also changed. The new crew consisted of captain Flash Hound, first officer Sherrie. L, flight engineer Laura, and 13 flight attendants. At the time of the accident, Flash had 21,043 hours of flight time, of which 564 hours were on the 747. Sherrie had 10,800 flight hours, of which 2,796 hours were on the 747. Laura had 15,210 flight hours, of which 559 hours were on the 747.
This particular aircraft had operated the inaugural 747 commercial flight on January 22, 1970. On August 2, 1970, in its first year of service, it also became the first 747 to be hijacked: en route between JFK and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico it was diverted to José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba.

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