DALLAS — Today, in 1970, Pan Am introduced as its first customer the Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet' for commercial use after several technical issues that caused the original Jumbo to be replaced. Flight PA2, ...

N736PA made history again in a tragic fashion According to data from ATDB.aero, N736PA was less than a month old when it flew into the history books on the Boeing 747's first-ever commercial flight, ...

The Pan Am plane was a seven-year-old Boeing 747-100 with the registration N736PA. The KLM aircraft was a five-year-old Boeing 747 with the registration PH-BUF.

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The Jumbo Jet era began 40 years ago this week, when Pan Am put its first Boeing 747-100 into service on 22 January 1970 between New York and London.