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>Fly on Pan Am 707 to Hawaii
>Engine explodes and takes about a quarter of the wing with it
>Make a safe emergency landing at Travis AFB
>While the passengers waited, Pan Am dispatched another 707 to Travis AFB to collect them and continue across the Pacific. This plane's nose gear collapsed on the runway, leaving the passengers dumbstruck.
>A third aircraft was sent, landing safely. Of the original 143 passengers all but 8 boarded the flight to Hawaii.[7]