Pan Am Flight 2253

Pan Am Flight 2253 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am passenger flight from Logan International Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. On December 25, 2003, the Boeing 747-121 serving the flight was hijacked by 8 men and 2 women, all from the U.S. The accident is also known as the Christmas Hijacking.

Aircraft
The aircraft operating Pan Am Flight 2253 was a Boeing 747–121, registered N799PA (formerly N9670) and named Clipper Empress of the Skies. It was the 90th 747 built and was delivered in December 1970, eleven months after the first 747 entered service with Pan Am. It appeared in the 1996 film PuLiRuLa: The Movie and in the 2000 film ODer Removal.

At the time of the accident, Clipper Empress of the Skies was 33 years of age and had accumulated over 85,000 flying hours.

Crew
Flight 2253 was under the command of Captain drjohn385 (44), a highly experienced pilot with 9,200 flight hours, of which more than 900 had been accrued in 747 aircraft. First Officer L_394 (42) had approximately 553 flight hours in the 747 and a total of almost 6,500 hours. Flight Engineer SaltyAviator (29) had more than 2,000 hours of flying experience. The cockpit crew was based at BOS.

Notable passengers
ROBLOX Developer Crazyblox was on Flight 2253. He boarded the flight to go on a vacation to Alaska. Popular ROBLOX YouTuber Devastator934 (greenlegocats123 on YouTube) was also on the flight.

Aftermath
All ten of the hijackers were arrested and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. As of May 2018, they remain at the ROBLOXia Maximum Security Prison in ROBLOX City.

The three pilots continued to fly for Pan Am. Captain drjon385 said in an interview that despite the horrific accident, nothing will keep him away from flying.

The aircraft, Clipper Empress of the Skies, continued to fly for Pan Am until all Pan Am Boeing 747-100s were retired in 2004. The aircraft was sold to UPS Airlines where it flew until UPS retired their 747-100s. The aircraft was sold to Polar Air Cargo and sold again to Godly Shuttle in 2006. It currently serves as SlendyTehGamer's flagship aircraft.