Between 1965 and 1974 a further five Pan Am 707s were involved in major accidents that resulted in substantial loss of lives . Three of these occurred on the airline 's Pacific network between December 1973 and April 1974 within a time span of five months . More than 300 lives were lost in all five accidents , two-thirds of which were accounted for by the last three ( 30 fatalities : September 17 , 1965 / 707-121B N708PA Montserrat , Caribbean ; 51 fatalities : December 12 , 1968 / 707-321B N494PA near Caracas , Venezuela ; 78 fatalities : July 22 , 1973 / 707-321B N417PA near Papeete Faaa ; 97 fatalities : January 30 , 1974 / 707-321B N454PA near Pago Pago , American Samoa ; 107 fatalities : April 22 , 1974 / 707-321B N446PA near Denpasar Ngurah Rai , Bali , Indonesia )
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Pan American World Airways