Pan Am Flight 806
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Today, January 30th, 2024, marks the 50th anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 806 crash in Pago Pago in 1974. The Boeing 707 Clipper Radiant crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport, killing 87 passengers and ten crew members. It should be noted that all the...

![What remains of the plane, according to local sources, is literally under the road seen in the photo — it's directly behind the runway in land, just past the fence gate, which can be seen in the distance in the image pointing directly down the road. [photo: by G. Homsany] location where flight Pan Am flight 806 crashed](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/3825.jpg?itok=GpMasgE5)