Spantax Flight 275
EC-BZP, sister-ship to the accident aircraft
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| Date | 3 December 1972 |
| Summary | Loss of control after/during take-off |
| Site | Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Passengers | 148 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 155 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| 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) |
Spantax Flight 275 was a Convair 990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax with 148 passengers and 7 crew flying from Tenerife to Munich on December 3, 1972. The plane crashed while taking off from Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, killing everyone aboard. Many of the passengers were West German tourists heading home.
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Accident
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 aircraft had initiated a steep turn. The pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed as a result of this unusual maneuver plus the crew's loss of situational awareness in the low visibility conditions.[1][2][3][4] All 155 people aboard were killed.[1][5][6]
At the time, it was the deadliest aircraft crash on the island of Tenerife, but it has since been surpassed by the Tenerife airport disaster in 1977. Currently, it is the deadliest accident involving a Convair 990 Coronado.[7] It was the eighth loss of a Convair 990 Coronado.
Aircraft
The accident aircraft was a Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado. It had been in service since 1962, and had flown for a total of 10 years. The registration number of the aircraft was EC-BZR. The aircraft was destroyed in the crash and was written off.[1]
See also
- Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
- Tenerife airport disaster
- Dan-Air Flight 1008
References
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