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“There really wasn’t time to be scared. We were just too busy.” Our newest blog post describes through the career documents of Flight Attendant Jane Thoe the actions of the crew of Pan American World Airways Flight 845 in the first major accident involving a Boeing 747. Read “Lessons from Pan Am Flight 845” to learn how those actions kept all passengers and crew alive and how they influenced subsequent emergency trainings. Check it out on our website: https://bit.ly/3mhNYno
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This post mentions the following things involved with the SFO Museum collection:
Pan American Airways.
It is related to
Pan American World Airways (the company)
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