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Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crash

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Pacific Air Lines Flight 773


Pacific Air Lines Flight 773

Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 was a Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F27A Friendship airliner that crashed at 6:49 a.m. on May 7, 1964 near San Ramon, California, USA. The crash was likely the first instance in the United States of an airliner's pilots being shot by a passenger as part of a mass murder/suicide; Francisco Paula Gonzales, 27, shot both the pilot and co-pilot before turning the gun on himself, causing the plane to crash and killing all 44 aboard.

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