Similarly , on October 16 , 1956 , Pan Am Flight 6 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser en route from Honolulu to San Francisco that was forced to ditch in the Pacific Ocean due to multiple engine failures . The airliner broke apart when one of its wings collided with a wave swell . Airline Captain Richard N. Ogg was the last to exit the airplane during the successful mid-ocean ditching and rescue of all 31 on board by the US Coast Guard cutter . The airplane fuselage sank with no one on board a few minutes later
Pan Am Flight 6
Pan Am Flight 6
The captain goes down with the ship