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*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.  

*Northwest Orient Airlines Flt. 2, Boeing Stratocruiser, April 2, 1956, ditched in the 430 feet Puget Sound, 38 passengers, all survived the ditching but 5 could not recover the freezing waters, 87% survival rate.  

*Pan Am Flt. 943 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 survivors, 100% survival rate

*Pan Am Flt. 6 Boeing Stratocruiser "Sovereign of the Skies", October 16, 1956, in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, 30 passengers and crew, 30 survivors, 100% survival rate.

 

* Sept. 28, 1962, Flying Tiger's Super H Constellation passenger aircraft with a crew of 8 and 68  U.S. military (paratrooper) passengers ditched in the North Atlantic about 500 miles west of Shannon, Ireland after loosing three engines on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  45 of the passengers and 3 crew were rescued, with 23 passengers and 5 crew members being lost in the storm-swept seas.  All passengers successfully evacuated the airplane. Those who were lost succumbed in the rough seas.

* Sept. 28, 1962, Flying Tiger's Super H Constellation passenger aircraft with a crew of 8 and 68  U.S. military (paratrooper) passengers ditched in the North Atlantic about 500 miles west of Shannon, Ireland after loosing three engines on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.  45 of the passengers and 3 crew were rescued, with 23 passengers and 5 crew members being lost in the storm-swept seas.  All passengers successfully evacuated the airplane. Those who were lost succumbed in the rough seas.