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On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, crashed near Elkton, Maryland while en route from Baltimore to Philadelphia, after being hit by lightning, killing all 81 on board. The accident is registered in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' (2005) as the "Worst Lightning Strike Death Toll."〔(archive.org copy of ) Guinness Book of World Records entry for Pan Am flight 214〕〔In 1971, LANSA Flight 508 was also brought down by a lightning strike. However, though this crash would have more total casualties (91 fatalities), up to fourteen passengers survived the crash but perished waiting for help in the Peruvian jungle.〕 == Flight history == At 4:10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 8, 1963, Pan American Flight 214, a Boeing 707-121 jet airliner, registration nicknamed ''Clipper Tradewind'' (this happened to be the first jet delivered to a US airline), departed Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It landed as scheduled at Baltimore's Friendship Airport (now Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, or BWI), and 69 passengers disembarked. At 8:24 p.m., Flight 214 departed for Philadelphia with 73 passengers and eight crew members on board. Because of high winds in the area, the crew chose to wait in a holding pattern with five other airplanes rather than attempt to land in Philadelphia.〔. Retrieved on 2006-06-12.〕 At 8:58 p.m., while in the holding pattern, the aircraft exploded. The crew managed to transmit a final message – "Mayday, mayday, mayday ... Clipper 214 out of control ... here we go" – before crashing near Elkton, Maryland. All 81 people on board were killed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetGOJG/081263.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pan Am Flight 214」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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