Madrid runway disaster

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Madrid runway disaster
Iberia Flight 350 · Aviaco Flight 134
Barajas overview1.jpg
Overview of Madrid–Barajas Airport, the site of the disaster.
Accident
Date7 December 1983
SummaryRunway incursion due to inadequate signs and markings
SiteMadrid–Barajas Airport
40°28′11″N 3°33′46″W / 40.46972°N 3.56278°W / 40.46972; -3.56278Coordinates: 40°28′11″N 3°33′46″W / 40.46972°N 3.56278°W / 40.46972; -3.56278
Total fatalities93
Total injuriesAt least 30 (all on the Boeing 727)[1]
Total survivors42
First aircraft
Iberia Boeing 727-256Adv.jpg
EC-CFJ, the Boeing 727 involved in the collision, at London in 1981
TypeBoeing 727-256
NameJumila
OperatorIberia
RegistrationEC-CFJ
Flight originMadrid–Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
DestinationRoma–Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Occupants93
Passengers84
Crew9
Fatalities51
InjuriesAt least 30[1]
Survivors42
Second aircraft
Aviaco McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 EC-CGS.jpg
EC-CGS, the DC-9 involved in the collision, at Mulhouse in 1980
TypeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
NameVasco Núñez de Balboa
OperatorAviaco
RegistrationEC-CGS
Flight originMadrid–Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
DestinationSantander Airport (SDR/LEXJ)
Occupants42
Passengers37
Crew5
Fatalities42
Injuries0
Survivors0

The Madrid runway disaster was on 7 December 1983 when Iberia Boeing 727 collided with Aviaco McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on the ground at Madrid–Barajas Airport. A departing Iberia Boeing 727 struck an Aviaco McDonnell Douglas DC-9, causing the deaths of 93 passengers and crew.

Crash[]

On 7 December 1983, a Boeing 727 of Iberia (Spain's state airline) registered EC-CFJ, operating Iberia Flight 350, a scheduled flight to Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, was cleared for take-off from Madrid-Barajas Airport's Runway 01 in conditions of thick fog.[2][3] At the same time, a DC-9 of Aviaco registered EC-CGS, operating Aviaco Flight 134, was taxiing to the end of the same runway for take-off bound for Santander Airport.[4] As the Boeing 727 rolled along the runway, the crew of the DC-9 accidentally made a wrong turn in the fog and taxied their aircraft onto the runway, into the path of the 727. The crew of the 727 saw the DC-9 and attempted to avoid the collision by rotating their aircraft for lift-off, however the 727 had not reached flying speed and its rear fuselage struck the DC-9.[3][4] Both aircraft caught fire and were destroyed; all 42 people on board the DC-9 were killed, while 51 (50 passengers, one crew member) of the 93 on board the Boeing 727 were killed.[2][5] Among those killed were Mexican actress Fanny Cano (she was aboard the Iberia 727) and South African pianist Marc Raubenheimer.[6]

Investigation[]

Investigators found that the Boeing 727 and DC-9 had collided due to the poor visibility at the airport, as well as inadequate signs and markings, which led to the DC-9 entering the runway without clearance as the Boeing 727 was taking off.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Final report of the accident in English" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-256 EC-CFJ Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Madrid Cleared?", Flight International, 17 December 1983, p. 1582 (online archive version), retrieved 17 April 2012
  4. ^ a b Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 EC-CGS Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Madrid airport crash death toll set at 92". The Calgary Herald. Reuters. Retrieved 11 February 2020 – via Google News.
  6. ^ "30 años de la pérdida de José Mª Cagigal en el siniestro de Barajas y del que se libró Ballesteros" [30 years after the loss of José Mª Cagigal in the Barajas incident and from which Ballesteros was spared]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2020. Tal día como hoy de 1983, el aeropuerto de Madrid-Barajas registraba su accidente más mortal hasta el momento, con un total de 93 muertos. La desgracia quiso que entre esas vítimas se encontrase José María Cagigal y dos colaboradores. [English: On this day, as of 1983, the Madrid-Barajas airport recorded its deadliest accident so far, with a total of 93 dead. Misfortune wanted José María Cagigal and two collaborators to be among those victims.]

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