This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Pan Am Flight 708"  ?  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( July 2013 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message )

Pan Am Flight 708

A Pan Am Boeing 727-21 similar to the accident aircraft. This aircraft would be involved in the bombing of Avianca Flight 203
Occurrence
Date	November 15, 1966
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain ; cause unknown
Site	Near Dallgow-Doberitz , Germany
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-21
Aircraft name	Clipper Munchen
Operator	Pan American World Airways
Registration	N317PA
Flight origin	Frankfurt Airport , Frankfurt , Germany
Destination	Berlin Tegel Airport , Berlin , Germany
Passengers	0
Crew	3
Fatalities	3
Survivors	0

Pan Am Flight 708 (PA 708) was a cargo flight that crashed on initial approach less than 10 mi (16 km) west-southwest of its destination airport, Berlin Tegel in Germany, in the early morning hours of November 15, 1966. The flight was operated by a Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) Boeing 727-21 , registration N317PA, ^[1] name Clipper Munchen , routing from Frankfurt Airport . All three crew members perished. The cause was undetermined because US investigators were not allowed to survey the impact site near Dallgow in what was then East Germany , and only half of the aircraft remains were returned by Soviet military authorities in East Germany to their US counterparts in former West Berlin .

Flight details [ edit ]

Flight 708 usually landed at Tempelhof Airport . But because of runway maintenance at Tempelhof, Pan Am shifted its flights to Tegel Airport . At the time of the accident, weather was poor and it was snowing.

The Soviet authorities returned about 50% of the wreckage. Some major components were not returned, including the flight data and cockpit voice recorders , flight control systems, navigation and communication equipment.

At the time of the crash, the Soviet Union did not belong to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ^[2] Nations belonging to ICAO allow reciprocal visits by official observers in order to improve aviation safety.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Aviation query , National Transportation Safety Board
• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
• Satellite image of crash location Google Maps

52°30′N 13°02′E  /  52.5°N 13.04°E  / 52.5; 13.04