Pan Am Flight 914

Pan Am Flight 914 is an urban legend that a Douglas DC-4 disappeared after a takeoff in 1955 and only landed again three decades later.

The legend alleges that a Pan Am Douglas DC-4 with 57 passengers and 5 crew members disappeared without a trace on a flight from New York City to Miami on July 2, 1955.

The legend originates from a 1985 article in the Weekly World News, a tabloid known for false stories.

There are no contemporary sources of the incident in the press or the Civil Aeronautics Board accident reports.

[1] There is no indication in any of the full production lists for the DC-4 that such an event took place on any of the 1,244 planes of this type built, including the Pan Am.

A Douglas DC-4
A Douglas DC-4, similar to what was used during the legend.