Airplane Crash - Near Madrid, Spain 12/07/1983
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Madrid, Spain
| Date | 12/07/1983 |
| Time | 09:40 |
| Location | Near Madrid, Spain |
| Operator | Iberia Airlines / Aviaco |
| Flight # | 350/134 |
| Route | Madrid - Rome |
| Type | Boeing B-727-200 / DC9-32 |
| Registration | EC-CFJ/EC-CGS |
| Cn/In | 20820 / 47645 |
| Aboard | 135 |
| Fatalities | 93 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While taking off, the B-727 struck the DC-9 on the runway in poor visibility, fog and snow. Because of poor visibility and inadequate signs and markings the, DC-9 inadvertently wandered on the runway being used by the B-727 to take off. The airport had no ground radar. Fifty-one aboard the 727 and all 42 aboard the DC-9 were killed. Mexican actress, María 'Fanny Cano' Damián, 39, among those killed. |
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