Paninternational

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A Paninternational BAC One-Eleven at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1971

Paninternational was a West German leisure airline headquartered in Munich with bases at Munich-Riem Airport and Düsseldorf Airport-

History[]

The airline was founded by Munich-based tour operator Paneuropa in 1968 and started operations in 1970. After commencing leisure operations within Europe using their new BAC 1-11-500s, Paninternational rapidly acquired two Boeing 707-120 pre-owned by American Airlines to expand into long-haul flights.

It ceased operations already in 1971 in the aftermath of the accident of Paninternational Flight 112, which gained large media attention and negative publicity.

Fleet[]

Paninternational operated the following aircraft:

• 2 Boeing 707-120
• 4 BAC 1-11-500 (one lost while operating as Paninternational Flight 112.

Accidents and incidents[]

Paninternational suffered one major accident during its existence, which ultimately led to its shutdown:

• A BAC 1-11-500 was lost on 6 September 1971 in the accident of Paninternational Flight 112 when it crash-landed on a highway shortly after takeoff from Hamburg Airport on its way to Málaga. Twenty-two passengers and crew were killed in the incident, caused by an unintentional filling of the aircraft's engine water injection system with jet fuel which led to a failure of both engines.^[1]

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