Millon Air Flight 406

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Millon Air Flight 406
Boeing 707-323C, Million Air AN0157610.jpg

The affected Millon Air machine in January 1996
Accident summary
Accident type Engine failure after takeoff
place Manta , EcuadorEcuadorEcuador 
date October 22, 1996
Fatalities 4th
Survivors 0
Injured 50
Fatalities on the ground 30th
Aircraft
Aircraft type United StatesUnited States Boeing 707-323C
operator United StatesUnited States Millon Air
Mark United StatesUnited States N751MA
Departure airport Manta Airport , EcuadorEcuadorEcuador 
Destination airport Miami International Airport , Florida , United States
United StatesUnited States 
Passengers 0
crew 4th
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On October 22, 1996, a Boeing 707-323C crashed on Millon Air flight 406 (flight number: OX406 ) shortly after taking off from Manta airport in Ecuador . The machine crashed into a residential area after an engine failure, killing a total of 34 people.

plane

In the crashed plane, it was a Boeing 707-323C, which in 1967 in the work of Boeing on the Boeing Field in the State of Washington US was finally assembled than the 639. Boeing 707 off the production line with the serial number 19,582th The first flight of the machine took place on October 20, 1967, on October 27, 1967 it was delivered to American Airlines , where it went into operation with the aircraft registration number N8402 . In February 1984 the machine was phased out and sold to Nautilus Sportswear , which put it into operation on February 16, 1984. From April 1984 to July 1984 the machine was leased to an airline called Premiere Airlines . In June 1986 the Challenge Air Cargo took over the machine, from July 21, 1989 the Boeing was operated by Transway Air International with the aircraft registration EL-GNU . In October 1989 the machine was taken over by Millon Air and received its new registration number N751MA . On April 21, 1992 the machine was transferred to Faircraft Sales Ltd. from Chantilly , Virginia . Millon Air leased the machine to Aries del Sur in 1993 . The machine was most recently registered with the Wilmington Trust Company , which leased it to Millon Air from February 21, 1996. Only one day later, on February 22, 1996, the machine had to land at Miami International Airport with the nose landing gear retracted, as it could not be extended for landing. The cause of the failure of the chassis mechanics was a loss of hydraulic fluid. The damaged machine was repaired and put back into service. The four-engine long-range narrow-body aircraft was equipped with four Turbojettriebwerken type Pratt & Whitney Jt3d-3B equipped.

Crew, cargo and flight plan

There was a four-person crew on board the machine, consisting of a flight captain, a first officer, a flight engineer and a load master. It was an international cargo flight that was to run from Manta Airport in Ecuador to Miami International Airport in Florida , USA . The machine had flowers and frozen fish loaded.

the accident

The plane took off late in the evening, but before dark, from runway 23 of Manta Airport for the flight to Miami. Shortly after take-off, there was a loss of control, the machine lurched to the ground, tore off roofs in the Dolorosa district, crashed into a restaurant and caught fire. All four occupants of the Boeing were killed in the accident, 30 people died on the ground and another 50 were injured. Local authorities alleged that an engine on the machine burned during the crash.

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