1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash information

On 17 March 1977 a British Airtours Boeing 707 being used for pilot training crashed and caught fire during its take-off roll at Glasgow Prestwick Airport...

BEA Airtours/British Airtours/Caledonian fleet: Airbus A320-200 (Caledonian) Boeing 707-336B/C (British Airtours)/436 (BEA Airtours/British Airtours) Boeing...

The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed...

involving the Boeing 737 family of jet airliners, including the Boeing 737 Original (-100/-200), Boeing 737 Classic (-300/-400/-500), Boeing 737 Next Generation...

Gatwick-based subsidiary British Airtours as Caledonian Airways. On St. Andrew's Day (30 November) in 1970, Caledonian Airways acquired British United Airways (BUA)...

both planes die. July 4 – In the 2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash, a Boeing 707, crashes at Bangui Airport in the Central African Republic while...

it crashed into mountainous terrain, killing all 37 occupants. Delivery of the four new Boeing 707s took place during the year, with two more 707-320Cs...

leased Boeing 720 from 6 February 1976 to 2 February 1977. This was later replaced with a Boeing 707 purchased from Qantas. During the late 1970s, internal...

renamed Air India. On 21 February 1960, it took delivery of its first Boeing 707 named Gauri Shankar and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet...

cargo-configured Boeing 707 (registered D-ABUY) that was en route Lufthansa Flight 527 from Rio de Janeiro to Dakar and onwards to Germany crashed into a mountain...

South African Airways Boeing 707 service was operated between Paris and Johannesburg. Its touchdown ended the 20-year career of the 707. The quadjet was replaced...

Mayday, known as Air Crash Investigation(s) outside of the United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air...

as British Airtours, continued to exist alongside a British Airways Overseas, a British Airways Regional and four other divisions until 1 April 1977 when...

demise of East African Airways (EAA). On 4 February 1977,: 90  two Boeing 707-321s leased from British Midland Airways inaugurated operations, serving the...

Boeing 707-120B Boeing 707-320 Boeing 707-320B Boeing 707-320C Boeing 737-300 Boeing 747-200B Boeing 747-300 Boeing 747-300SCD Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-200...

construction numbers. Note: Not a serial number but a type designation, when the British started a joint numbering system in 1912 serial number 1 was used by the...

service offer. In all, two Boeing 707-420s and six Boeing 707-320s were leased in (respectively from British Airtours and British Midland Airways) at various...

and the fleet comprised eight Boeing 707-320Cs, one Boeing 737-200, three Boeing 747-200Bs and one JetStar; three Boeing 727-200s were pending delivery...

subsidiary British Airtours being rebranded as Caledonian Airways. In 1992, BA absorbed Gatwick-based British carrier Dan-Air. Soon after British Airways'...

for the Boeing 747SP. In 1965, Iran Air took delivery of its first jet aircraft, the Boeing 707 and six Boeing 727-100, followed by the Boeing 737-200...

managed to overpower him. On 26 November 1979 Flight 740 was a Boeing 707-320C that crashed after takeoff from Jeddah International Airport for a flight...

routes. To supplement these, Aer Lingus took delivery of its first larger Boeing 707 in 1964, and the type continued to serve the airline until 1986. Conversion...

Olympic ordered Boeing 707-320 jets; they received the first, bearing the name "City of Athens", in 1966. Olympic's first Boeing 707 service was also...

Caravelle. By 1976, Luxair was operating a Boeing 707 with a Boeing 737-200 then joining the fleet in 1977.[citation needed] Over the years, Luxair gradually...

the flaps, causing the aircraft to stall. On 17 March 1977, a British Airtours Boeing 707 crashed during a pilot training flight and caught fire. All four...

involved in China Airlines Flight 2265. September 11, 1979: Boeing 707-320C (B-1834), crashed shortly after take-off from Chiang Kai-shek International...

all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft: El Al used to operate the following types of aircraft as well: Boeing 707 Boeing 720 Boeing 737-200...

entered the fleet in 1977, along with other Soviet-built aircraft; late this year, an ex-British Caledonian Airways Boeing 707-320C was sold to TAAG...