48 years have now passed since the world’s most deadly aviation tragedy unfolded at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

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, ...

A total of 176 people died during air travel in 2021, the most recent year of data available from the Aviation Safety Network. That figure is the third-lowest total of deaths on commercial ...

A total of 176 people died during air travel in 2021, the most recent year of data available from the Aviation Safety Network. That figure is the third-lowest total of deaths on commercial ...

Pan Am, launch customer, inaugurated it into service during the wee hours of January 22, 1970, when aircraft N736PA, “Clipper Victory,” carried 336 passengers between New York-JFK and London. The ...

Pan Am Boeing 747-100 N736PA (Aero Icarus/Wikimedia) The bombing set in motion a series of events which would, by the end of the day, lead to the deadliest aviation disaster in history, involving the ...

Today we will look at the "Queen of the Skies," a widebody aircraft that dominated long-haul flights, and see how many suffered hull losses. Before we get into that, though, let's take a deeper look ...