- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 11, 1982
Time: ?
Location: Pacific Ocean
Operator: Pan American World Airways
Flight #: PA830
Route: Tokyo - Honolulu
AC Type: Boeing B-747-121
Registration: N754PA
cn / ln: 19658/47
Aboard: 285   (passengers:270  crew:25)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: A sixteen-year-old boy was killed when a bomb detonated under a seat cushion. The explosion caused minor damage and the plane landed safely at Honolulu. The bomb was placed onboard by Mohammed Rashed, a Jordanian terrorist with the May 15 Organization.
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