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*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.

*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.

See photos of the ditching of Pan Am Flt. 6 [http://airlinesafety.com/editorials/DitchingOfPanAmFlight6.htm]

See photos of the ditching of Pan Am Flt. 6 [http://airlinesafety.com/editorials/DitchingOfPanAmFlight6.htm] Here is the Official Coastguard movie clip of the rescue in process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkR4F3_fEUQ#t=5m17s/].

* 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.