Near Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport 28°29′1.33″N16°20′36.20″W / 28.4837028°N 16.3433889°W / 28.4837028; -16.3433889
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Convair 990 Coronado
Operator
Spantax
Registration
EC-BZR
Flight origin
Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport
Destination
München-Riem Airport
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.
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