Airplane Crash - Tenerife, Canary Islands 12/03/1972
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Tenerife, Canary Islands
Date | 12/03/1972 |
Time | 06:45 |
Location | Tenerife, Canary Islands |
Operator | Spantax |
Route | Tenerife - Munchen |
Type | Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
Registration | EC-BZR |
Cn/In | 30-10-25 |
Aboard | 155 |
Fatalities | 155 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Reached a height of 300 feet when the plane suddenly plunged to earth and crashed. Loss of control precipitated by abnormal maneuvers made by the pilot in command in zero visibility. |
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