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| | Pan American World Airways - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Although Pan Am lobbied intensively to enhance its position as the nation's international airline, it lost that distinction—first to American Overseas Airways, and later to a number of carriers designated to compete with Pan Am in certain markets, such as TWA to Europe, Braniff to South America, and Northwest Orient to East Asia. |
 | | Pan Am II soon merged with the troubled Carnival Airlines, but the rapid expansion and economic troubles of the two companies were too much for the new Pan Am II—it only survived for two years before declaring bankruptcy. |
 | | Another Pan Am 747, the Clipper Victor, was involved in the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977, the worst disaster in aviation history (excepting the events of 9/11). |
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