N739PA (Boeing 747-121) — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

December 21, 1988AccidentHull loss
Report No: 2/1990 - Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121, N739PA, at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988 Download report: 2-1990 N739PA.pdf (5,506.32 kb) Report Appendices To view appendices, click on the link below 2/1990 Boeing 747-121, N739PA Appendices (10,528.07 kb)
Boeing 747-121 · 270 fatalities
The in-flight disintegration of the aircraft was caused by the detonation of an improvised explosive device located in a baggage container positioned on the left side of the forward cargo hold at aircraft station 700. Full accident record
November 4, 1970Accident
Turbulence, Associated W/Clouds And/Or Thunderstorms; Flight Personnel; Passenger; Seat Belt Not Fastened. Factors: Seat Belt Sign On
Boeing 747-121
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "the entry of the aircraft into an area of moderate to briefly severe turbulence associated with convective activity while numerous occupants were unsecured by seatbelts, even though the seatbelt sign was lighted." Full accident record