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re: Pan Am Crash in Kenner - 44th Anniversary
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:07 pm to TBoy
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:07 pm to TBoy
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Had two friends who lived a block or so down Fairway and knew an accountant who had an office right next to where the plane went down. None of them were injured but they were right there.
Now this is how you tell a story. I knew this guy once. And nothing happened. I was hanging on every word!
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Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:18 pm to gradx
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If you really want in, then let's look no further than Baton Rouge's finest, Miss Kaylee Hartung.
Same some for the rest of us dude. I think you’ve had enough.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:40 pm to choupiquesushi
My cousin never drove a jeep. We lived next door to each other. I would know this.
You must have me mixed up with someone else.
You must have me mixed up with someone else.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:44 pm to Lou Loomis
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Now this is how you tell a story. I knew this guy once. And nothing happened. I was hanging on every word!
You want me to name my friends on a public comment board? Tell us your name and address first and I might consider naming my friends who had a fricking jumbo jet wipe a stripe across their street.
You don’t understand how small that community was.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 10:52 pm to TBoy
Wasn’t there a plane that landed on one of the levees in like 07 or something after a huge hail storm? They had to fly the plane off the levee to save it. Really cool.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 12:24 am to IlikeyouBetty
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Wasn’t there a plane that landed on one of the levees in like 07 or something after a huge hail storm?
Google TACA Flight 110 (but it wasn't in '07)
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TACA Flight 110 was a scheduled international flight operated by TACA International Airlines, traveling from San Salvador to New Orleans, with a stopover in Belize City. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to New Orleans International Airport. As a result, the brand new Boeing 737-300 suffered flameout in both engines, but the pilots made a successful emergency landing on a grass levee adjacent to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, with no one aboard sustaining more than a few minor injuries, and with only minor hail damage to the intact aircraft. Following an on-site engine replacement, the jetliner took off from Saturn Boulevard, a road that had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service until it was retired in 2016.
This post was edited on 7/10/26 at 12:26 am
Posted on 7/10/26 at 5:47 am to doublecutter
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The Eymards?
I knew Ted well, his wife was Marty I believe, she was 8 months pregnant, the 154th victim. They were the last 2 to board. Very sad. I was on the river about a mile from the airport, heard the boom, saw the smoke.
This post was edited on 7/10/26 at 5:49 am
Posted on 7/10/26 at 8:21 am to gradx
quote:This part is believable
they dropped me on my head.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 8:26 am to Unobtanium
We were on our way to a camping trip in Kisatche when we heard the news on the radio. I can remember it like it was yesterday.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 8:47 am to MBclass83
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I was just out of school working at the Baton Rouge General Hospital and thinking Please dont bring a bunch of survivors here. We had the burn unit back then.
My mom was hospitalized there that day (at MId-City)....Was up there visiting her when the national report from CBS broke on WAFB. What a terrible time....
Posted on 7/10/26 at 10:07 am to Red Stick Tigress
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Initials EM, nickname starts with a C.
At one time, the M family lived on Metairie Heights in my neighborhood
Didn't the M's live in between Vets and W. Esplanade ? or closer to the levee ? For some reason I thought EM attended Sam Barthe/Ecole Classique as his younger sister and I graduated from St. Martin's
Posted on 7/10/26 at 10:18 am to Bestbank Tiger
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777Tiger saw it happen. He was third in line to take off.
Small world. Family friend was a NWA captain on a DC-9 at MSY that day. He was originally given takeoff clearance and declined it based on the weather. Decided to wait. He recalled Pan Am quickly said they would accept the clearance.
Sadly, Jerry lost a battle with Leukemia in 2020 but alot of people owed their lives to his judgement and decision making on that day.
Jerry Bond Obit
This post was edited on 7/10/26 at 10:20 am
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:22 am to Unobtanium
Miracle baby lived around the corner from me with her grandmother when I was growing up
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:30 am to Unobtanium
A couple years ago I posted some photos my Dad had taken of the scene (my Grandmother lived in the neighborhood and we went to check on her) in the link below. Still eerie to think about.
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:32 am to Got Blaze
I think they lived on Metairie Heitghts closer to Veterans, between Vets and W. Esplanade.
This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 7:39 pm
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