Pan Am Flight 830

On 11 August 1982, a bomb exploded aboard Pan Am Flight 830 during the Tokyo - Honolulu sector of a service continuing to Los Angeles. The aircraft was Boeing 747-121 N754PA, named Clipper Ocean Rover.

What happened

The explosion damaged the passenger cabin over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. One passenger was killed and 16 people were injured. The flight crew retained control and landed at Honolulu. Of the 285 people aboard, 284 survived.

This was a deliberate attack on an aircraft, rather than an accident attributed to an aircraft system malfunction.

Investigation and prosecution

The U.S. Department of Justice records the bombing and the subsequent prosecution of Mohammed Rashed. He was prosecuted in Greece, later brought to the United States, and pleaded guilty in the U.S. case in 2002. His U.S. sentencing took place in March 2006.

The Justice Department's account is the primary source for that prosecution history. Aircraft identification and the emergency-landing details are documented in the separate flight account linked below.

Historical context

Unlike the later Pan Am 103 bombing, this aircraft remained controllable after the explosion. Both events belong in the 747's history, but their outcomes and damage should not be conflated.

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