Clipper Victor was a Boeing 747-121 in Pan American with registration of N736PA. it was admitted to the Pan American fleet in January 20th, 1970. It was the first Boeing 747 to operate a scheduled commercial service and is notable for its brief but significant history. It was renamed "Clipper Young America". In its first year of service, N736PA also became the first 747 to be hijacked, when it was flown to Cuba on August 2, 1970. Following this incident, the aircraft's name was changed back to "Clipper Victor". On March 27th, 1977, Clipper Victor made history in the Tenerife disaster. It road down a runway taxiing, saying they weren't clear to move off the runway, but the transmissions overlapped with the towers so another KLM 747, "The Rhine", didn't know this. The KLM sped down the runway unaware Victor was still there. The KLM sees Clipper Victor and tries to leapfrog the takeoff, almost makes it, but chops off Victor's entire top deck lounge and parts of the lower decks (2nd and 3rd class).The KLM plane skids to the end of the runway and burns in a fiery blaze killing all people on board. One third of the Pan American passengers got out including the cockpit crew, but many died and burned. 335 of the 396 people were killed on the Clipper. The aircraft was written off after that.















