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Madrid runway disaster
The Madrid runway disaster was the collision on 7December 1983 of two aircraft 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
been purchased by Northwest in 1975 with a total of 37,310 operating hours. The aircraft was repaired and flew for Northwest until 1995. N278US was flown by Kitty Hawk Aircargo before being scrapped in 2011.
Investigation.
The accident was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, which determined the probable cause of the accident to be:
See also.
- Madrid runway disaster – Another fatal runway incursion involving both a DC-9 and a 727.
- Linate Airport disaster - Fatal runway incursion involving an MD-80 series (