Hawaii-bound airliner out of PDX ditched in the open sea

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 2 p.m.

Lessons learned in the crash ended up saving countless lives in subsequent at-sea ditchings, but those lessons came at a price: Four people died, including the co-pilot who had saved everyone's life. (Mid-Pacific Ocean; 1955) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1712a.pan-am-845-ditching-off-coos-bay-472.html)