1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash
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 EC-BZR, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 December 1972 |
| Summary | Loss of control after/during take-off |
| Site | Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport 28°29′1.33″N 16°20′36.20″W / 28.4837028°N 16.3433889°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Convair 990 Coronado |
| Operator | Spantax |
| Registration | EC-BZR |
| Flight origin | Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN/GCXO) |
| Destination | München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
| Passengers | 148 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 155 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On December 3, 1972, a Convair CV-990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax from Tenerife to Munich with 148 passengers and 7 crew crashed while taking off from Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, killing all 155 passengers and crew onboard. Many of the passengers were West German tourists heading home.
Accident[edit]
The flight took off at 06:45am in almost zero visibility and crashed shortly after, 325 metres (1,066 ft) beyond the runway.[1] At an altitude of 91 m (300 ft), the pilot initiated a steep turn, lost control, and caused the aircraft to crash as a result of the unusual maneuver. The crew's loss of situational awareness in the low-visibility conditions was also a factor.[1][2][3][4] All 155 people aboard were killed.[1][5][6]
At the time, the accident was the deadliest aircraft crash on the island of Tenerife, to be surpassed by the Tenerife airport disaster five years later. It was the eighth loss and deadliest accident involving a Convair 990 Coronado.[7]
Aircraft[edit]
The accident aircraft had been in service since 1962 and was first delivered to American Airlines and was then sold to Middle East Airlines before acquired by the airline. The airplane was destroyed in the crash and was written off.[1]
See also[edit]
- Dan-Air Flight 1008
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
- Tenerife airport disaster
- Iberia Flight 401
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ Gero, David (2009). Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950 (5th ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: History. ISBN 9780752499925.
- ^ "AirDisaster.Com: Accident Photo: Spantax 990 Coronado". airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Kebabjian, Richard. "Accident details". planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "Spantax S.A. Major Accidents". Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "Timeline Airline Crashes and Airplane Bombings". timelines.ws. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "Project-Tenerife.com, crash of the Convair at Tenerife". project-tenerife.com.