1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash

Coordinates: 28°29′1.33″N 16°20′36.20″W / 28.4837028°N 16.3433889°W / 28.4837028; -16.3433889
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Spantax Flight 275
EC-BZP, sister-ship to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date3 December 1972 (1972-12-03)
SummaryLoss of control after/during take-off
SiteTenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport
28°29′1.33″N 16°20′36.20″W / 28.4837028°N 16.3433889°W / 28.4837028; -16.3433889
Aircraft
Aircraft typeConvair 990 Coronado
OperatorSpantax
RegistrationEC-BZR
Flight originTenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN/GCXO)
DestinationMünchen-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM)
Passengers148
Crew7
Fatalities155
Survivors0

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.

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 was surpassed by the Tenerife airport disaster five years later. This was the eighth loss and the deadliest accident involving a Convair 990 Coronado.[7]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  2. ^ Gero, David (2009). Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950 (5th ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: History. ISBN 9780752499925.
  3. ^ "AirDisaster.Com: Accident Photo: Spantax 990 Coronado". airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Kebabjian, Richard. "Accident details". planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  5. ^ "Spantax S.A. Major Accidents". Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "Timeline Airline Crashes and Airplane Bombings". timelines.ws. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "Project-Tenerife.com, crash of the Convair at Tenerife". project-tenerife.com.


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