Photos: Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, killing 153 (1982)
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On July 9, 1982, Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board and 8 people on the ground were killed.
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