Pan Am Flight 830

{{Infobox aircraft occurrence

| name = Pan Am Flight 830

| image = Boeing 747-121, Pan American World Airways - Pan Am AN1937372.jpg

| caption = The aircraft involved in 1983, one year after the bombing

| Date = August 11, 1982

| Type = Terrorist bombing

| Site = Pacific Ocean, NW of Hawaii

| Fatalities = 1

| Injuries = 16

| aircraft_type = Boeing 747-121

| Origin = New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport)|

| Stopover = Honolulu International Airport|

| Destination = Los Angeles International Airport|

| Operator = Pan American World Airways

| callsign = CLIPPER 830

| tail_number = {{Airreg|N|754PA}}

| aircraft_name = Clipper Ocean Rover

| Occupants = 285

| Passengers = 270

| Crew = 15

| Survivors = 284

| alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|23.5095|-160.5728|type:event_globe:earth_region:US-HI|display=inline,title}}

| occurrence_type = Bombing

| missing =

| stopover0 =

| last_stopover =

}}

Pan Am Flight 830 was a scheduled international flight from New Tokyo International Airport (now known as Narita International Airport) in Tokyo, Japan, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California via Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii. On August 11, 1982, the Boeing 747-121 serving the flight, nicknamed Clipper Ocean Rover, was en route to Hawaii when the airplane was damaged by a bomb that had been placed on board. Despite the damage to the aircraft, Captain James E. "Skipper" O'Halloran III, of Spokane, Washington, First Officer Ray Schuller, and Engineer Neil H. Nordquist, of Novato, California were able to land in Honolulu safely. One person was killed while 284 survived; 16 of them were wounded.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820811-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-121 N754PA Hawaii|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-03-09}}

Flight

At the time of the explosion, the aircraft was approximately {{convert|225|km|mi nmi|sp=us}} northwest of Hawaii, cruising at {{convert|36000|ft}} with 270 passengers and 15 crew on board.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19820817&id=KQ4LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yVEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6692,4644380|title=The Bryan Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=January 22, 2025}} The bomb, which had been placed under a seat cushion, killed 16 year-old Toru Ozawa, a Japanese national. The blast also injured 16 other people (including Ozawa's parents) and caused damage to the floor and ceiling. The aircraft remained airborne and made an emergency landing in Honolulu with no further loss of life.

Aftermath

The bomb was placed by Mohammed Rashed, a Jordanian linked to the 15 May Organization. After 4 years, in 1988, he was arrested in Greece, tried, convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was paroled in 1996 after serving eight years. He was later extradited to the US from Egypt in 1998 to stand trial. In 2006, as part of a plea bargain agreement he was sentenced to a further seven years in federal prison. As per his agreement with US prosecutors in providing information about other terrorist plots, he was released from prison in March 2013 but {{as of|2014|3|lc=on}} still remained in a federal immigration detention facility in upstate New York awaiting deportation.{{cite news |url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/1982-pan-am-bomber-still-in-us-immigration-custody/ |title= 1982 Pan Am bomber still in US immigration custody |newspaper= The Times of Israel |date= March 6, 2014 |accessdate= 2016-10-11 }} Rashed was relocated to Mauritania in November 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/d363c5f057f444d7a35e2644dcaa423f|title = Palestinian plane bomber's post-prison home is Mauritania|work = Associated Press News|date = 28 November 2016}}

Husayn Muhammad al-Umari (also known as Abu Ibrahim) was also indicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 830 and in 2009 was placed on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/husayn-muhammad-al-umari |title=Husayn Muhammad al-Umari |date= |work=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=2022-03-26}} On November 24, 2009, the Department of State announced a reward of up to $5{{nbs}}million for the capture of Abu Ibrahim, then about 73 years old. The previous reward of $200,000 had produced no results.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34132680|title=U.S. offers $5 million reward for 'Bomb Man'|website=NBC News|date=24 November 2009 }} {{As of|2022|March}}, he is still at large.

References

External links

{{ASN accident|id=19820811-0|type=Criminal Occurrence}}
[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_crm_172.html U.S. Department of Justice] Jordanian Man Sentenced in 1982 Bombing Of Pan Am Flight From Tokyo To Honolulu
[http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0127398/M/ Airliners.Net] 1981 picture of the "Clipper Ocean Rover"
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_re_us/elusive_terrorist AP Investigation: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq, by Adam Goldman and Randy Herschaft (Associated Press-Yahoo News; April 5, 2009)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090411135939/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_re_us/elusive_terrorist Archive])

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