Crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707 in Rome

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Crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707 in Rome
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Boeing 707-327C Hoppe.jpg

An Ethiopian Cargo Boeing 707-300C
Accident summary
Accident type Off the runway due to incorrect weight calculations
place Fiumicino , metropolitan city of Rome , ItalyItalyItaly 
date 19th November 1977
Fatalities 5
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type United StatesUnited States Boeing 707-360C
operator Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines
Mark Ethiopia 1975Ethiopia ET-ACD
Departure airport Rome Fiumicino Airport , ItalyItalyItaly 
Destination airport Addis Ababa Airport , EthiopiaEthiopia 1975Ethiopia 
Passengers 2
crew 3
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The crash of a Boeing 707-360C occurred on November 19, 1977 when a cargo plane of Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff, all five occupants of the machine were killed.

plane

The machine used on the flight was a Boeing 707-360C. The machine was received brand new by Ethiopian Airlines on April 8, 1968 and was registered with the aircraft registration ET-ACD , with which it was continuously in operation. From April 1974 the aircraft was leased to Iran Air , from June 6, 1976 to Air Algérie and, for an unspecified period, to Nigeria Airways .

On June 18, 1969, the plane at Karachi Airport was damaged by a bomb attack, which was later repaired.

crew

There was a three-person crew on board, consisting of the master, first officer and flight engineer. A loadmaster and a ground technician were in the machine as passengers.

the accident

The cargo flight was supposed to lead from Rome-Fiumicino airport to Asmara airport (then Ethiopia , now Eritrea ). The crew was assigned runway 25 for departure. After taking off after an exceptionally long take-off run, the plane barely gained any height. At 4:22 a.m. local time, the Boeing grazed the treetops to the west, 220 meters behind the end of the runway, at a height of seven to eight meters, fell 280 meters further and caught fire.

Cause of accident

The accident reportedly occurred due to overloading. The units of measurement are said to have been mixed up in the weight calculations. Instead of 19,000 Anglo-American pounds (approx. 8600 kilograms), which were calculated for the calculation of the take-off and take-off speed, the machine had loaded 19,000 kilograms.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Accident report B-707-360C, ET-ACD, Rome-Fiumicino on November 19, 1977 Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 23, 2019.
  2. ↑ Operating History B-707-320C, ET-ACD Jetphotos.com (English), accessed March 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ accident report B-707-360C, ET-ACD bomb attack at Karachi airport on June 18, 1969 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 22 March of 2019.
  4. ↑ a b The Palm Beach Post - Nov 19, 1977

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