Pan Am Flight 214

Send us Fan Mail A thunderstorm can feel peaceful right up until you’re trapped inside the worst part of it. We start with that uneasy contrast, then head straight into the night Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707 called the Clipper Trade Wind, enters a holding pattern near Philadelphia and never makes it to the runway. We walk through the flight’s path from San Juan to Baltimore and onward, meet the crew, and replay the moment air traffic control warns about heavy thunderstorms, strong winds, ...