This year marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of Vietnamese orphans to the U.S., Australia, France, West Germany, Canada and other Western countries as South Vietnam ...

Newspaper accounts of the time speculated that the Clipper had been hit by a meteor, or even shot down by a flying saucer ...

In 1977, the landing gear on a Sikorsky S-61L malfunctioned as passengers waited to board from the roof of the Pan Am Building at 200 ... after the aircraft’s tail rotor somehow disconnected.

In 1978, the tail of Boeing 747SR-46 struck the runway ... The KLM crew saw the Pan Am plane moments before impact and began to nose up, attempting to climb over the runway impediment.

Invading Japanese forces, a brush with the scrap yard, and decades of neglect couldn't keep this art deco classic down ...

“It was falling apart probably 15 feet before it actually fell and then the tail whipped off and the ... waited to board from the roof of the Pan Am Building. The chopper tipped on its side ...

The plane smoothly accelerated to a cruising altitude ... Only one U.S. carrier, Pan Am, placed an order, for three larger, longer-range Comet 3s, which were still on the drawing board.

What is a jetliner to the eye but a horizontal skyscraper, its beauty created (or squandered) primarily through the sculpting of the nose and tail ... the wreckage of Pan Am’s Maid of the ...

Witnesses described seeing the helicopter "falling apart" in midair, with the tail and propeller coming ... helicopter which crashed atop the Pan Am Building in May 1977, killing five people.

Flying through the air carries its own risks, but what happens when lightning strikes an airplane in that's in the air?

PAN American Boxing Confederation President Elise Seignolle will begin an official five-day visit to the island today. Seignolle will see the Gloves Over Guns Futures Programme in action on ...