The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Pan Am Flight 7

A Pan Am Stratocruiser similar to the accident aircraft.

• ... that the cause of the crash of Pan Am Flight 7 (similar aircraft pictured) was never able to be determined? Source: CAB report
  • ALT1:... that the week-long search for Pan Am Flight 7 (similar aircraft pictured) was the largest search and rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean at the time? Source: San Francisco Examiner 16 Jan 1958

5x expanded by RecycledPixels (talk). Self-nominated at 19:12, 21 August 2019 (UTC).

• Review by Maile

QPQ

• No QPQ needed, not enough previous nominations

Eligibility

• DYK Check tool verifies 321102 characters (3621 words) "readable prose size". 2049 characters prior to 5X expansion that began on August 17

Sourcing

• All verifiable sourcing used.

Hook

• Hooks sourcing verified
• Original hook is 78 characters
• ALT1 is 122 characters

Images

• Hook image is in the article, uploaded on Commons and licensed

Copyvio check

• Spot check shows no issues of concern
• Earwig's tool shows no issues of concern

This is a really fascinating and detailed article. I found some grammar awkwardness that should be clarified:

• " ... the aircraft had suffered a runaway propeller as it departed San Francisco ... " Was there something wrong with the propeller?

  Runaway propellers had been described in the last paragraph of the Aircraft section before I added the citation about the San Francisco incident, overlooking the fact that I hadn't yet defined what a runaway propeller was. I moved the section describing the overall history of the Stratocruisers, which includes defining what a runaway propeller is, to the second paragraph of that section.

• " ... and centrifugal force forces ... " Awkward wording.

  Agreed. I changed that.

• " ... had been flying with the company since 1942 since his graduation ... " Perhaps, " ... since his 1942 graduation ..."

  Agreed. Another instance of writing and rewriting to add and move information around.

• "As soon as the aircraft was reported missing and all fuel supplies had been exhausted ... " Whose fuel supplies?

  The missing aircraft. I reworded that sentence to more clearly state that.

Please let me know. — Maile (talk) 16:14, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, I have made the edits described above. RecycledPixels (talk) 16:05, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Good job. This nomination passes. — Maile (talk) 16:08, 3 September 2019 (UTC)