List of incidents with the Boeing 707

The list of incidents with the Boeing 707 shows an overview of incidents resulting in death or total loss of Boeing 707 and Boeing 720 aircraft .

From the first flight in 1957 to January 15, 2019, there were 173 total aircraft losses with the Boeing 707. This corresponds to around a fifth (20.21 percent) of all 856 aircraft of this type produced. 3032 people were killed in 81 of the accidents. The total number of total write-offs includes 19 parked machine losses.

Overall, the Boeing 707 lost 8.60 per million flights, which - as with the competitor Douglas DC-8 with 8.84 - is above the average of the 1960s and 1970s of around 5. Today's aircraft can be operated much more safely in comparison with values ​​below 0.5. Thirteen total losses with a total of 280 deaths had a warlike or criminal cause, eleven more were due to other events and did not claim any human life. Examples:

Boeing 707

1950s

• On February 3, 1959, the autopilot of a Boeing 707-123 was deactivated on a Pan American World Airways flight from London Heathrow to New York Idlewild when the captain left the cockpit at an altitude of 10,700 meters. The aircraft went into a descent, which the first officer did not notice at first. When the rate of descent increased noticeably, the captain returned to the cockpit and caught the machine from the dive at a height of 1,800 meters. The plane made an emergency landing at Gander Airport with damaged wing flaps; all 123 occupants survived the incident. The seriously damaged machine was put back into operation after a repair.

Debris from the American Airlines plane that crashed in 1959

• On August 15, 1959, the crew of an American Airlines Boeing 707-123 (N7514A) carried out a test flight from Calverton-Peconic Airpark on Long Island . During the flight the machine began to yaw extremely . The crew did not correct the abnormal flight behavior, whereupon the aircraft rolled sideways and crashed as a result of a loss of control. The five-man crew was killed.

• On October 19, 1959, Boeing carried out the handover flight of a Boeing 707-227 that was to be delivered to Braniff International Airways . On board were pilots and technicians from Braniff and Boeing. During the flight the crew flew several Dutch rolls . In one of them, it exceeded the technically permissible tilt angle of the machine. When counter-steering, the load limits of the aircraft were exceeded, with three of the four engines breaking off and a subsequent fire scorching some of the control systems on the wing. While trying to make an emergency landing, the plane crashed on the banks of the Stillaguamish River near Arlington, Washington state. Four of the eight people on board were killed.

1960s

• On January 28, 1961, the crew of an American Airlines Boeing 707-123 (N7502A) lost control of the machine for an unexplained cause on a training flight. The machine crashed into the sea near Montauk , all six occupants died.

• (A) On February 15, 1961, a Sabena Boeing 707 (OO-SJB) crashedon the New York – Brussels route while approaching. All 72 inmates and one person on the ground were killed. Among the passengers was the entire US national figure skating team that was on its way to the World Cup in Prague (see also Sabena flight 548 ) .

• On July 27, 1961 a Boeing 707-328 of Air France (F-BHSA) landed on the flight from Paris-Orly via Hamburg to Anchorage and Tokyo, initially at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel airport . During the later take-off, the captain noticed that the aircraft was pulling to one side, making it difficult for him to keep it level on the runway. He then aborted the start, the machine came off the runway while coasting and rolled into an adjacent depression. The landing gear and several engines tore off and the fuselage broke into three parts. The machine was only two years old and had to be written off. All 41 people on board survived the accident; eleven people were seriously injured.

• (A) On March 1, 1962, an American Airlines Boeing 707-123B (N7506A) crashedalmost vertically into the shallow water of Jamaica Bayabout a minute after taking off from New York-Idlewild Airport . The reason was a malfunction of the rudder control, which resulted in a loss of control that could no longer be remedied. All 95 occupants, 8 crew members and 87 passengers were killed (see also American Airlines flight 1 ) .

• (A) On May 22, 1962, a passenger over Iowa, USAblew up a Continental Airlines Boeing 707-124 (N70775) en route from Chicago to the Kansas City-Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport . All 45 people on board died. The FBI found out that the suicide bomber was an insurance fraud (see also Continental Airlines Flight 11 ) .

• (A) On June 3, 1962, an Air France (F-BHSM) Boeing 707-328B wascompletely destroyedin an unsuccessful abortion at Paris-Orly airport , which was on its flight to New York-Idlewild . When reaching take-off speed, the pilots were unable to pull the elevator far enough for take-off, which is why the captain had to abort the take-off at 179 knots. The plane rolled over the end of the runway at high speed, broke up and caught fire. Of the 130 occupants, only 2. The causes of the accident were a considerably trimmed position of the horizontal stabilizer and the failure of the trim system (see also Air France flight 007 ) .

• (A) On June 22, 1962, an Air France (F-BHST) Boeing 707-328 departedfrom its intended route and approached Pointe-à-Pitre Airport on Guadeloupe at an altitude of 1,400 meters against a wooded mountain. All 113 people on board were killed. As a result of a thunderstorm, the radio compass hadincorrect indications (see also Air France flight 117 ) .

• On November 27, 1962, a VARIG (PP-VJB) Boeing 707-441 crashed on its approach to Lima Airport when it was flown into the side of La Cruz Mountain. All 80 passengers and the 17 crew members were killed. It could not be determined why the machine had deviated from its course.

• (A) On December 8, 1963 in Elkton (beat Maryland ) is a flash in the left wing of a Boeing 707-121 of Pan American World Airways (N709PA) . As a result of the impact, the kerosene- air mixtureexplodedin a tank and tore the wing apart. The 81 occupants died in the crash (see also Pan-Am flight 214 ) .

• On April 7, 1964, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-139 (N779PA) rolled over the end of the train after landing at New York-John F. Kennedy Airport and crashed into Jamaica Bay . All 145 people on board survived the accident.

• On November 23, 1964, a Trans World Airlines (TWA) (N769TW) Boeing 707-331 crashed after an engine failure while taking off at Rome-Fiumicino Airport , killing 50 of the 73 people on board.

• On September 17, 1965, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-121B (N708PA) was flown on its approach to VC Bird International Airport ( Antigua ) in Chances Peak on the Caribbean island of Montserrat (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ). All 30 people on board were killed.

• (A) On January 24, 1966, an Air India Boeing 707-437 (VT-DMN) was en route from Bombay to New York . During the descent to the planned stopover in Geneva , she wasflowninto Mont Blanc , France , and crashed about 60 meters below the summit on a rock ridge. All 117 people on board (106 passengers and 11 crew members) were killed (see also Air India flight 101 ) . The machine flew into the mountain almost at the same point as anAir India Lockheed L-749 Constellation on November 3, 1950 (see also Air India flight 245 ) .

• (A) On March 5, 1966, a BOAC (G-APFE) Boeing 707-436 had an accidentseventeen minutes after taking off from Tokyo Haneda Airport when itbroke apartas a result of severe clear air turbulence in the air. All 124 people on board who were on a circumnavigation of the world were killed (see also BOAC flight 911 ) .

• (A) On November 6, 1967, a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707-131 took offfrom Cincinnati Airport for Los Angeles . When the machine passed a Delta Air Lines Douglas DC-9, which wasstanding next to the runway,the engine thrust of the DC-9 caused Boeing engine no. 4 to burn out. The Boeing crew initiated an aborted take-off, but the machine did not come to a stop in time, rolled over a hill and took off for a moment. When restarting, the engine tore off and the machine skidded 100 meters over the runway. The fuselage broke apart and the right wing tore off. The seven-person crew survived the accident, one of the 29 passengers was killed (see also Trans-World Airlines flight 159 ) .

• (A) On February 7, 1968, a Honolulu Boeing 707-138B of Canadian Pacific Air Lines (N791SA) had an accident while landing at Vancouver Airport . The machine landed in thick fog, rolled over the end of the runway and collided with parked aircraft, vehicles and two buildings. Of the 61 people on board, all 52 passengers survived the accident, one crew member and one person on the ground were killed (see also Canadian Pacific Airlines flight 322 ) .

• On March 5, 1968, an Air France Boeing 707-328C (F-BLCJ) flew into a volcano at an altitude of 1200 meters on the approach to Pointe-à-Pitre Airport in Guadeloupe . All 63 people on board were killed. The flight recorder could never be recovered and the cause of the crash could not be determined.

• (A) On April 8, 1968, a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) (G-ARWE) Boeing 707-465 had toreturn to Heathrow Airport due to an engine fire after take-off. The engine stalled during the landing, but the fire continued. After the successful emergency landing, the pilots and flight engineers left the cockpit without going through the items on the relevant checklists. Therefore, among other things, more and more fuel was pumped into the fire under the machine. Then the entire machine was evacuated. 5 of the 127 people on board were killed (see also BOAC flight 712 ) .

• (A) On April 20, 1968, a South African Airways (ZS-EUW) Boeing 707-344C crashedshortly after taking off from Windhoek-JG Strijdom Airport for Luanda . Of the 128 people on board, 123 died. The aircraft was not equipped with the flight recorders and voice recorders that were actually mandatory at the time, so that the aircraft accident investigation was difficult. The cause of the crash was ultimately attributed to pilot error (see also South African Airways Flight 228 ) .

• On June 12, 1968, a Boeing 707-321C was Pan American World Airways (N798PA) on the airport Kolkata in poor visibility about flown one kilometer before the runway threshold into the ground (CFIT, controlled flight into terrain ). 6 of the 63 occupants were killed in the accident.

• On July 13, 1968, a Boeing 707-329C freighter of the Belgian Sabena (OO-SJK) crashed on the flight from Brussels on approach to Lagos airport 14 kilometers north of it. All seven inmates were killed.

• On December 12, 1968, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B (N494PA) was flown into the Atlantic Ocean at night before landing in Caracas because the pilots misjudged the altitude after looking at the lights of the city on a mountainside Confused Maiquetía with the runway. All 51 occupants died in the accident (see also Pan-Am flight 217 ) .

• (A) On December 26, 1968, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321C (N799PA) took off from Elmendorf Air Force Base ( Alaska )on a cargo flight with no lift devices in place . Shortly after take-off led a stall to crash the machine, the three members of the flight crew were killed (see also Pan Am flight 799 ) .

• (A) On July 26, 1969, the crew of a Boeing 707-331C operated by Trans World Airlines simulatedan enginefailureon a training flight by switching engine number 4 to idle. When a missed approach was to be initiatedwhen the decision altitude was reached, neither the landing flaps nor the landing gear could be retracted. The crew switched off the hydraulic systems without reactivating engine no. 4. She lost control of the machine, which rolled to the right and began to descend. The plane hit the ground and went up in flames, the five-man crew was killed (see also Trans-World Airlines flight 5787 ) .

• On December 3, 1969, an Air France Boeing 707-328B (F-BHSZ) crashed into the sea about six kilometers away on the way from Santiago de Chile to Paris shortly after taking off after a stopover at Caracas Airport . All 62 people on board were killed. According to a leaked secret report, an explosive charge could have been in the left main landing gear bay.

1970s

• On November 30, 1970, a Boeing 707-373C of Trans World Airlines (N790TW) at Tel Aviv-Lod started a cargo flight. At the same time, an empty, unlit Boeing C-97K Stratofreighter of the Israeli Air Force (4X-FPS / 037) was towed over the runway . Despite an attempt to abort take-off , both aircraft collided and caught fire. Two people were killed on the ground, the three-person crew of the TWA machine survived the incident (see also aircraft collision at Lod Airport ) .

• On July 25, 1971, the pilots of a Boeing 707-321C of Pan American World Airways (N461PA) on approach to Manila Airport fell below the minimum altitude and flew at just 770 meters against Mount Kamunay, 32 kilometers away. The three members of the flight crew of the cargo plane died in the impact.

• On December 5, 1972, a Boeing 707-366C of Egypt Air (SU-AOW) that took off from Cairo International Airport crashed on a training flight after engine No. 4 tore off the wing of Beni Suef . All six people on board died.

• On January 2, 1973, a cargo flight from Toronto to Edmonton was carried out with a Boeing 707-321C of Pacific Western Airlines (CF-PWZ) . The plane was loaded with 86 cattle. Three kilometers from its destination airport, the machine brushed against trees and power lines and crashed onto a wall in a gravel pit. In the accident, the cattle were thrown forward out of the fuselage to a distance of up to 100 meters, and all five crew members died. A fire broke out. The cause of the accident could not be determined (see also Pacific-Western-Airlines flight 3801 ) .

• On January 22, 1973, a Boeing 707-3D3C of the Jordanian Alia (JY-ADO) , operated for Nigeria Airways , had an accident on its way back from Mecca , Saudi Arabia . The crew of the planned flight to Lagos had evaded due to weather reasons and made a very hard landing at Kano Airport , Nigeria , as a result of which the plane caught fire. The evacuation started very late. Of the 202 inmates, 170 pilgrims and 6 crew members died, 26 people survived (see also the flight accident at Kano in 1973 ) .

• On June 9, 1973, a Boeing 707-327C freighter was (PP VLJ) of VARIG approaching São Paulo , as the captain accidentally activated the spoilers. The machine then went into a steep descent from a height of 70 meters, hit the runway lights and hit the ground hard, killing two of the four crew members on board (see also the flight accident of a VARIG Boeing 707 near Rio de Janeiro 1973 ) .

• On 11 July 1973 aboard a Boeing 707-345C broke (PP VJZ) of VARIG from a fire. The machine was on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris-Orly Airport . The pilots made an emergency landing about 5 kilometers from the airport. Ten crew members left the aircraft while 7 others and 116 of 117 passengers died. With one exception, the 123 victims died from inhaling the fire gases (smoke poisoning) (see also main article VARIG flight 820 ) .

• On July 22, 1973, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321 (N417PA) crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after taking off from Tahiti Airport . Of the 79 people on board, only one survived. The cause of the accident could not be clarified (see also Pan-Am flight 816 ) .

• On November 3, 1973, smoke formed in the cabin of a Pan American World Airways (N458PA) Boeing 707-321C on its flight from New York to Glasgow. The crew of the cargo plane wanted to evade to Boston Airport , but lost control of the machine in the thick smoke, which hit 80 meters from the runway. The three crew members died in the crash (see also Pan-Am flight 160 ) .

• On December 17, 1973, Palestinian terrorists threw on the Rome Fiumicino Airport, several hand grenades into a Boeing 707-321B of Pan American World Airways (N407PA) , while passengers walk-ins. 29 passengers and one crew member were killed. The machine was damaged beyond repair. The terrorists then shot a security guard and hijacked a Lufthansa Boeing 737 to Kuwait , where they gave up a day later.

• On January 30, 1974, 97 people died on board a Boeing 707-321B operated by Pan American World Airways (N454PA) when the machine crashed into the windshear before the runway threshold at Pago Pago Airport ( American Samoa ). Four occupants survived the accident.

• On April 22, 1974, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B (N446PA) was flown on the approach to Denpasar Airport about 68 kilometers northwest of the airport against a mountain on the island of Bali (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ). All 107 occupants were killed on impact (see also Pan-Am flight 812 ) .

• On September 8, 1974, on a flight of a Boeing 707-331B of Trans World Airlines (N8734) from Athens to Rome-Fiumicino, a bomb explosion in the rear cargo hold brought the plane down. The plane crashed 93 kilometers west of Kefalonia in the Mediterranean Sea, all 88 people on board died. Two weeks earlier there had been an attempted attack on the same flight.

• On August 3, 1975, a Boeing 707-321C of the Jordanian Alia (JY-AEE) , coming from France on a charter flight for Royal Air Maroc , crashed into the approach to Agadir-Inezgane Airport , Morocco , 40 kilometers from its destination 700 meters Height against a mountain. All 188 people on board died. It was the accident of a Boeing 707 with the most fatalities (see also plane crash near Agadir ) .

• On August 2, 1976, an intact Boeing 707-373C (HL7412) on a cargo flight of Korean Air flew into a mountain after taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport , because the pilots had steered to the right instead of to the left. All five people on board were killed.

• On October 13, 1976, a Boeing 707-131F (N730JP) , which Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano had leased from the US Jet Power, took off from Viru Viru Airport on a cargo flight to Miami . The take-off took an exceptionally long time and the machine took off hesitantly at the end of the tarmac, brushed trees and rooftops, crashed onto a football field and went up in flames. In the accident, the three-man crew and 88 people died on the ground, and another 78 people were seriously injured. The aircraft accident investigations were made more difficult by the fact that the flight data recorder was out of order. Ultimately, the investigators came to the conclusion that the accident was caused by the fact that the crew had not been able to achieve the acceleration necessary for a safe start.

• On December 25, 1976, a Boeing 707-366C of Egyptair (SU-AXA) crashed into a factory while approaching Don Mueang Airport . All 52 people on board and 19 people on the ground were killed in the crash.

• On May 14, 1977 a Boeing 707-321C of the British Dan-Air (G-BEBP) used as a cargo plane for IAS Cargo Airlines crashed vertically on approach 3.6 kilometers west of Lusaka Airport (Zambia). The reason was the fatigue fracture of the entire right half of the elevator . All six inmates were killed.

• On November 19, 1977, a Boeing 707-360C of crashed Ethiopian Airlines for a cargo flight from shortly after the start Rome Fiumicino Airport to Asmara from. The machine hardly gained any height after takeoff, brushed the treetops and went down. All five crew members on board were killed (see also the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707 in Rome ) .

• On 15 February 1978, a Boeing 707 set of Sabena (OO-SJE) on the airport Tenerife Los Rodeos of the runway, where the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft slid about 1,000 feet above the track until it came off the side of it. Three of the 196 inmates suffered minor injuries. The machine burned out.

• On April 20, 1978, a Boeing 707-300B of Korean Air (HL7429) from Paris via Anchorage to Seoul near Murmansk was shot at by Soviet interceptors and forced to make an emergency landing. The machine unintentionally changed course and thereby penetrated Soviet airspace. Because the pilots ignored the request to follow the Sukhoi Su-15 , two interceptor missiles were fired. Two passengers lost their lives and one wing was damaged. There was an emergency landing, after which the other 97 passengers and twelve crew members were rescued by the Russians (see also main article Korean Air Lines Flight 902 ) .

• On January 30, 1979, a Boeing 707-323C cargo plane operated by VARIG (PP-VLU) disappeared without a trace over the Pacific for an unknown reason after it had left the radar range of air traffic control about 200 kilometers off the Japanese coast. The whereabouts of the aircraft could not be established. The six-person crew has also been missing since then (see also VARIG flight 967 ) .

• On July 23, 1979, a Boeing 707-327C crashed the Trans Mediterranean Airways (OD AFX) on the Beirut airport during a training flight without passengers. On the third touch-and-go of the flight, the aircraft came into an uncontrollable attitude and crashed on the airfield. All six crew members were killed.

• On July 26, 1979, a Lufthansa Boeing 707-330C (D-ABUY) collided with a mountain near Petrópolis on a cargo flight shortly after taking off from Rio de Janeiro to Dakar . The reason was incorrect instructions from air traffic control. The three-person crew was killed (see also main article Lufthansa flight 527 ) .

• On August 19, 1979, a Boeing 707-123B of Cyprus Airways (5B-DAM) jumped up again after touching down at Bahrain Airport and then touched down on the nose landing gear. The same collapsed and the machine was irreparably damaged during the subsequent spinning process. All 66 occupants survived the accident.

• On September 11, 1979, a China Airlines Boeing 707-324C (B-1834) crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Taipei-Chiang Kai-shek Airport . There were no survivors among the six people on board the training flight.

• On November 26, 1979, a Boeing 707-340C of the Pakistan International Airlines (AP-AWZ) crashed on a flight with pilgrims from Mecca from Jeddah to Karachi after an emergency call about 35 minutes after take-off 50 kilometers north of Taif and burned out. All 156 inmates were killed. The cause is assumed to be a gasoline-powered stove used by passengers in the cabin, a behavior that for a long time not uncommon among pilgrims with no flight experience (see also Pakistan International Airlines flight 740 ) .

1980s

• On February 27, 1980, another China Airlines Boeing 707-309C (B-1826) crashed while landing at Manila Airport when it touched down in front of the runway and caught fire. Out of 135 inmates, 2 were killed in this incident.

• On June 22, 1982 a Boeing 707-437 of Air India (VT-DJJ) failed to take off after a very hard landing at Bombay Airport; the machine got over the runway and broke. Of the 111 inmates, 17 died.

• On September 10, 1982, a Boeing 707-348C operated by Sudan Airways (ST-AIM) landed on the approach to Khartoum in the River Nile, about five kilometers from the runway. The machine came on a transfer flight from Jeddah Airport (old) . All eleven inmates survived the unplanned splashdown; however, the aircraft was a total write-off.

• On October 17, 1982, a Boeing 707-366C who put Egypt Air (SU-APE) to Geneva during landing 50 meters before the runway, was thrown up, and came to the side of the runway from. The front of the aircraft was badly damaged in the accident and the right wing broke off. The machine had to be written off as a total loss. All 182 occupants, including 172 passengers, survived the accident.

• On March 14, 1983, a Boeing 707-338C of the Libyan Jamahiriya Air Transport crashed on a positioning flight 30 kilometers north of Sabha and went up in flames. The five crew members on board died.

• On the morning of December 14, 1983, came the engine no. 4 of a Boeing 707-373C HK-2401X of TAMPA Colombia at a start from Medellín to foreign object damage . The machine then returned to the airport. After an assessment of the damage, it was decided to transfer the aircraft to Miami for repairs. In the afternoon the machine started again, the damaged engine was idling. Engine # 3 also failed during takeoff, the aircraft tilted, grazed power lines, and crashed into a factory complex. All three crew members and 22 people died on the ground (see also the crash of a Boeing 707 operated by TAMPA Colombia in Medellín ) .

• On January 3, 1987, the flight crew of a Boeing 707-379C (PP-VJK) of VARIG returned on the way to Rio de Janeiro twenty minutes after take-off from Abidjan airport due to a fire warning on one engine and shut the engine off. On the approach to the airport in the moonless night there was spatial disorientation, stall and loss of control. The plane crashed 18 kilometers northeast of the field and went up in flames. Of the 12 crew members and 39 passengers, only one survived (see also VARIG flight 797 ) .

• On April 13, 1987, a Boeing 707-351C on a cargo flight of Burlington Air Express from Wichita to Kansas City fell below the minimum flight altitude on its approach. The ground proximity warning system was not activated for an unexplained cause, and the crew reacted too late to the warning from the air traffic control. The machine brushed several treetops five kilometers from the runway and fell to the ground. All four crew members were killed.

• On November 29, 1987, a bomb brought on board by two North Korean agents exploded over the Andaman Sea on board a Boeing 707-300C of Korean Air (HL7406) from Baghdad via Abu Dhabi , Bangkok to Seoul . The assassin, North Korean secret agent Kim Hyon-hui, testified in her questionable confession that she smuggled the bomb on board on instructions from Kim Jong-il . All 115 people on board the Boeing 707-300C were killed (see also main article Korean Airlines Flight 858 ) .

• On July 21, 1988, a crashed cargo plane Boeing 707-328C of Angola Air Charter (D2-TOV) with six crew landing at Lagos ; nobody survived.

• On October 17, 1988, the crew of a Boeing 707-338C of Uganda Airlines carried out an improper landing approach at Rome-Fiumicino Airport . Unaware of their exact flight position, the pilots lowered their aircraft on the approach until it brushed a house roof 1,300 meters from the runway and fell to the ground. All 7 crew members and 26 of the 45 passengers died in the crash.

• On 13 December 1988, the crew of an attempted from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania next Boeing 707-351C of GAS Air Nigeria (5N AYJ) from Nigeria on the airport Cairo International to land. Due to the bad weather, the pilots avoided going to Luxor Airport after two failed landing attempts . However, she never arrived there, instead crashing into a residential area near Karm Umran , 45 kilometers north of Luxor. All 8 crew members and one person on the ground were killed in the accident. It was assumed that the machine had run out of fuel (see also the flight accident of a Boeing 707 operated by GAS Air Cargo near Karm Umran ) .

• On February 8, 1989, an Independent Air Boeing 707-331B crashed at Pico Alto. The charter plane was on the way from Bergamo to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic . The 137 Italian passengers and the 7 crew members lost their lives in the accident.

• On March 21, 1989, a Boeing 707-300C of Transbrasil (PT-TCS) crashed into a residential area about two kilometers from the runway threshold of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport. The three-man crew of the cargo plane and 22 people on the ground were killed.

1990s

Debris from the plane that crashed on Avianca Flight 052

• On January 25, 1990, an Avianca Boeing 707-321B (HK-2016) crashed near New York City due to a lack of fuel after the aircraft had been put on hold for more than an hour by air traffic control due to bad weather . Of the 158 people on board, 73 died (see also Avianca flight 052 ) .

• (A) On September 20, 1990, an Omega Air Boeing 707-321B (N320MJ) crashed while taking off from Pinal Airpark . The decommissioned passenger aircraft had been bought by Omega Air Inc. and should to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base are flown there by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group to be disassembled to the engines for machines of the United States Air Force to use . Shortly after takeoff, the machine went down, killing one of the three crew members. The investigation into the accident came to the conclusion that the master had probably worked through the checklist off the cuff and overlooked an incorrect elevator trim. In addition, the cockpit of the machine had already been partially dismantled: around 50 displays and switches that were contractually available to other recycling companies had already been removed (see also the flight accident of a Boeing 707 operated by Omega Air in 1990 ) .

• On October 2, 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737-247 of Xiamen Airlines (B-2510) collided with two other aircraft at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (old) . When the captain wanted to make an emergency landing due to lack of fuel, there was a scuffle with the kidnapper during the landing phase, whereupon the machine landed hard and came off the runway. It collided with a parked Boeing 707 from China Southwest Airlines (B-2402) and a Boeing 757-21B from China Southern Airlines (B-2812) , the pilots of which were waiting for take-off clearance. In the runaway Boeing 737, 82 of the 102 people on board were killed, while in the Boeing 757, 46 of the 122 occupants were killed. In the Boeing 707, the only crew member on board survived. All three machines were destroyed (see also Xiamen Airlines flight 8301 ) .

• On December 4, 1990, a Sudania Boeing 707-321C coming from Khartoum struck a power pole in the fog five kilometers from the runway of the destination Jomo-Kenyatta airport , crashed and went up in flames. All 10 occupants of the machine were killed.

• On October 29, 1991, a Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707-368C (A20-103) crashed into the Pacific Ocean after an unsuccessful aerobatic maneuver. The five-man crew was killed. The master had tried to simulate an asymmetrical flight and then lost control of the machine.

• On March 24, 1992, a Boeing 707-321C of the Sudanese Golden Star Air Cargo flew into a hill on its approach to Athens-Ellinikon Airport , killing all 7 people on board. The pilot had deviated from the prescribed flight route; the crew decided too late to carry out a missed approach .

• On December 19, 1994, a Boeing 707-3F9C (5N-ABK) crashed into a swamp near Kiri Kasana on a cargo flight operated by Nigeria Airways from Jeddah to Kano . During the flight there was strong smoke and odor in the area of ​​a cargo pallet. After a fire warning and smoke penetrated the cockpit, the aircraft crashed 40 minutes before the planned landing. Three of the five people on board were killed. It could be determined that the aircraft had loaded highly flammable dangerous goods (see also Nigeria Airways flight 9805 ) .

• On September 22, 1995, a Boeing E-3A Sentry ( call sign : Yukla 27) crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage in Alaska shortly after take-off due to a bird strike , after geese got into the two engines on the left wing and these failed. All 24 crew members died, including a Canadian.

• On November 30, 1995, a Boeing 707-300C of Azerbaijan Airlines (4K-401) crashed 9 kilometers from Baku Airport due to lack of fuel , and two of the six passengers on the cargo flight died (see also the accident involving a Boeing 707 from Azerbaijan Airlines near Baku ) .

• On 14 July 1996, a rolled Boeing E-3A Sentry (LX-N90457) of NATO over the runway of Preveza Air Base (Greece) out and slipped the bow into the adjacent sea. Although the machine was irreparably damaged in the process, all 16 crew members were able to save themselves. Bird strike was suspected to be the cause of the accident, but this could never be proven.

• On October 22, 1996, shortly after take-off from Manta Airport, a Millon Air Boeing 707-323C brushed roofs and crashed into a restaurant. All four occupants of the machine and 23 people died on the ground in the accident (see also Millon Air flight 406 ) .

• On October 23, 1996, a Boeing 707-372C operated by the Líneas Aéreas del Estado of the Argentine Air Force (LV-LGP) crashed 750 meters from the runway at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport . She was on a cargo flight from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires. The crew failed to initiate the descent early. Realizing his mistake, the captain abruptly deployed the spoilers, which pushed the aircraft nose down. Since the machine was at an altitude of 900 to 1000 meters at this point, there was not enough time to correct the abnormal attitude. The machine hit the ground hard 750 meters from the runway and went up in flames. Two of the eight crew members were killed (see also LADE flight 5025 ) .

• On March 10, 1998, an Air Memphis Boeing 707-300C crashed while taking off from Mombasa . The cargo plane grazed after lifting structures of lights , hit back on to the ground, broke and caught fire. All six inmates were killed. (see also Air Memphis Boeing 707 accident in Mombasa )

From 2000

• On July 4, 2002, a mixed cargo and passenger flight from N'Djamena to Brazzaville was carried out on behalf of Prestige Airlines with a Boeing 707-123B of the Rwandan New Gomair . Due to technical problems - the landing gear could not be retracted - the crew returned to Bangui to perform an emergency landing there. After the engines suffered a burst of flames, the plane finally crashed two kilometers from the airport. Of the 21 passengers and 9 crew members, only the flight engineer and one passenger survived (see also the accident involving a Boeing 707 operated by Prestige Airlines ) .

• On April 20, 2005, a Boeing 707-320C (EP-SHE) crashed on Saha Airlines flight 171. When the Boeing touched down on runway 29L at Tehran-Mehrabad airport, problems with the undercarriage led the machine to over the Rolled out of the runway and into the Kan River. During the subsequent evacuation, 3 of the 157 passengers lost their lives because they fell into the river and drowned there.

• On October 26, 2008, Saha Air's Boeing 707 celebrated 50 years of service as a passenger aircraft in Iran as the first jet in aviation history with a scheduled flight from Tehran-Mehrabad to Mashhad. The anniversary flight with flight number IRZ 160 ended after a flight time of almost 20 minutes due to technical problems with the aircraft's hydraulics with a successful emergency landing in Tehran-Mehrabad.

• On August 28, 2009 was Boeing E-3C Sentry of the United States Air Force (Code 83-0008 ) when landing on the Nellis Air Force Base badly damaged after the nose gear had failed. The fire that this triggered completely destroyed the machine. The cause was a pilot error during the landing maneuver.

• On October 21, 2009, a Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed for unknown reasons after taking off from Sharjah Airport . All 6 crew members were killed in the crash. The machine with the registration number ST-AKW flew on behalf of Sudan Airways . Eyewitnesses reported a sharp right turn and a loss of parts on the machine. A surveillance camera recorded the accident. The 707 had already flown for Lufthansa , Condor , Emirates and Sudan Airways as well as Ibis Air Transport.

Debris from the plane that crashed in Iran in 2019

• On May 18, 2011, a Boeing 707 operated by Omega Aerial Refueling Services (N707AR) had an accident while taking off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu . The tanker was to refuel machines of the type McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 of the US Navy off the coast. After the aircraft took off after around 7,000 feet on the 11,000-foot runway and was a good 20 feet above the runway, engine number 2 detached from the wing and hit engine number 1. The one-sided thrust pushed the Boeing off the runway back up and came to a stop in a swampy area. The three-man crew was able to save themselves unharmed, although a fire broke out and destroyed most of the aircraft. A possible cause was identified as a fatigue crack in a fitting part of the wing center spar that should have been replaced. The previous owner had incorrectly documented the exchange.

• On January 14, 2019, a Boeing 707-3J9C (EP-CPP) landed on a cargo flight of the Iranian Air Force for Saha Air from Bishkek to Karaj at 8:30 am on the nearby, smaller Fath airfield, on its runway from only approx. 1260 m length the machine could not be brought to a standstill. The plane rolled over the end of the runway, broke through the airport fence and ultimately went up in flames in a row of houses. Of the crew of 16 on board, only the flight engineer was rescued alive from the wreck. The plane had been leased from the Iranian Air Force.

Boeing 720

From the first flight in 1959 to the end of operation in 2012, the Boeing 720 suffered 22 total aircraft losses. In 7 of them, 257 people were killed. The total loss includes 10 losses of parked Middle East Airlines aircraft , all of which were destroyed by rocket fire, but not the crash test (" Controlled Impact Demonstration ") at Edwards Air Force Base on December 1, 1984.

Examples of incidents with total losses (list just started) :

1960s

• On December 4, 1961, Lufthansa’s Boeing 720-030B ( aircraft registration D-ABOK ) , which took off from Frankfurt for a training flight, crashed near Ebersheim for an unknown cause. The three crew members were killed (see also crash of a Boeing 720 of Lufthansa in 1961 ) .

• On February 12, 1963, a Northwest Airlines Boeing 720-051B (N724US) lost speed after taking off from Miami Airport and a steep climb and went into a dive, during which it broke apart at a height of about 3000 meters and into a national park area Everglades Marshes plunged. All 43 inmates were killed. A loss of control due to extreme turbulence near thunderstorms was found to be the cause (see also Northwest Airlines flight 705 ) .

• On July 15, 1964, another Lufthansa 720-030B crashed on a training flight. The crew of the machine with the registration D-ABOP tried to fly another one after a successful first barrel roll . This unauthorized aerobatics maneuvers the plane between the villages broke forestry and Petersdorf in Ansbach apart because of structural overload. All three occupants were killed (see also the crash of a Lufthansa Boeing 720 in 1964 ) .

• On May 20, 1965, a Boeing 720-040B operated by Pakistan International Airlines (AP-AMH) sank too early on approach to Cairo International Airport and flew 20 kilometers south of the runway into the desert. Six passengers survived the accident, but a total of 121 people on board were killed, including 108 passengers and the entire crew of 13 people. The cause of the accident was a controlled flight into terrain (see also Pakistan International Airlines flight 705 ) .

• On January 9, 1968, a Boeing 720 operated by Ethiopian Airlines (ET-AAG) , which was leased from Middle East Airlines , landed hard on the nose landing gear at Beirut Airport . There was heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 45 knots. The nose landing gear collapsed; there was a fire which ultimately destroyed the machine. All 49 inmates were unharmed.

1970s

• On March 31, 1971, a Western Airlines Boeing 720-047B (N3166) had an accident at Ontario International Airport . The five crew members who completed a training flight were killed. The cause of the accident was the failure of a support attachment of the hydraulic drive of the rudder due to a combination of stress corrosion cracking and high tensile load, which led to a complete loss of control of the rudder shortly after the start of a go-around maneuver with a simulated engine failure (see also Western Airlines flight 366 ) .

• On December 8, 1972, shortly after the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 720-060B (aircraft registration number unknown) took off from Addis Ababa Airport, seven hijackers from Eritrea tried to bring the plane under their control. There was an exchange of fire with the six flight safety attendants present on board the machine, whereupon one of the hijackers threw a hand grenade into the passenger cabin, which exploded at 29,000 feet (8,839 meters). The heavily damaged machine could be flown back to Addis Ababa safely, except for the seven kidnappers killed in the exchange of fire, there were no dead on board (see also Ethiopian Airlines flight 708 ) .

• On January 1, 1976, a bomb exploded in the front luggage compartment of a Boeing 720 operated by Middle East Airlines (MEA) (OD-AFT) on a flight from Beirut to Dubai . The plane crashed into the desert 37 kilometers northwest of Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia , killing all 81 occupants.

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