• Spantax S.A. was a former Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988. Spantax was one of the first...
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    the J79, the CJ805 and CJ805-23 were smoky, although secondary operator Spantax eventually had their engines refitted with low-smoke combustion chambers...
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    were an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flying from Palma de Mallorca and a Spantax Convair 990 from Madrid. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed. The...
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    December 3, 1972, a Convair CV-990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax from Tenerife to Munich with 148 passengers and 7 crew crashed while taking...
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    Spantax Flight 995 was a charter flight from Madrid–Barajas Airport to New York via Málaga Airport on September 13, 1982. When the DC-10 aircraft was...
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    5 January 1970, a Convair 990 Coronado operated by the Spanish airline Spantax crashed shortly after take-off from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing...
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    Metropolitan Airport. TWA Flight 843, another high-speed aborted take-off Spantax Flight 995, another aircraft that aborted take-off after passing V1 Smith...
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    (Instrument Landing System) was installed.[citation needed] On December 3, 1972, Spantax Flight 275 crashed during take-off, killing everyone on board. A new airport...
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  • job in 2020. Sánchez Vidal began working with defunct Spanish airline Spantax, acquiring his first model, a Convair CV-990 of that airline, in 1973....
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    DC-9-32, flying from Palma de Mallorca to London collided in mid-air with Spantax Flight 400, a Convair 990 flying from Madrid to London. All 68 people on...
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    Network. 5 March 1973. Retrieved 14 June 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Spantax-400)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. 5 March 1973. Retrieved...
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    service was operated by Germania and PrivatAir. In 1967 the pilot of a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado mistook the 1360 m long runway of Finkenwerder for...
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  • Flight 504; and a Convair 990 Coronado aircraft, operating as Spantax Flight 400. The Spantax Convair 990 was able to make a successful emergency landing...
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  • Airport. All 90 passengers and crew on board are killed. January 5 – A Spantax Convair 990 Coronado crashed shortly after takeoff from Stockholm's Arlanda...
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    Iberia Spain 5 5 Nort Jet Spain 3 Pyrenair Spain 1 Saicus Air Spain 1 Spantax Spain 8 Viva Air Spain 10 Mihin Lanka Sri Lanka 1 Air Lanka Sri Lanka 6...
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  • Brasil 1 Skyservice USA 2 Sobelair 1 Leased from Skyjet Solar Cargo 1 Spantax 2 1 2 Sudan Airways 1 Sun Country Airlines 6 4 1 1 Swissair 10 4 TAESA...
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  • a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins. 1972 – Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna...
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    facility. Spantax began operating on it, with a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, and later, with a De Havilland Canada DHC-7. In 1980, Spantax was replaced...
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    to work there. After several months of trying, she looked for a job at Spantax, one of the first Spanish airlines to include women on its staff, which...
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    France, British Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Sabena, Swissair and Spantax all used Anchorage as a stopover point between Europe and the Far East...
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    other German cities and many other European countries. On April 4, 1978, a Spantax Convair 990 landing at Cologne Bonn Airport forgot to pull out the landing...
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    were no fatalities. The aircraft was written off. 13 September 1982 – Spantax Flight BX995 a DC-10-30CF (registration EC-DEG) When the aircraft was rolling...
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    occupants were killed. On 30 September 1972, a Douglas C-47B EC-AQE of Spantax crashed on takeoff. The aircraft was being used for training duties and...
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  • the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa). 1982 – Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing...
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  • attributed to bird ingestion, aircraft destroyed by fire but no fatalities Spantax Flight 995 – an RTO above V1, 50 fatalities TWA Flight 843 – RTO after...
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  • McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 operated by Iberia and Spantax Flight 400, a Convair 990 Coronado operated by Spantax collide due to ATC error. All 61 passengers...
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    New Guinea Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea - former operator  Spain Spantax ♠  United States Air Commuter ♠ - former operator Air New England Air North...
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  • The DC-10’s ninth deadliest crash happened on September 13, 1982 with Spantax Flight 995, a charter flight from Madrid-Barajas Airport to New Yorkvia...
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    Cruise Near Las Palomas, Colombia 1973 Mar 5 68 107 Iberia Flight 504 / Spantax Flight 400 Cruise near Nantes, France 1974 Aug 9 3 0 RAF Phantom FGR2 /...
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    1966 C-47A 27 1 16 September 1966: Iberia Flight 261 [de], operated by Spantax on a Douglas DC-3/C-47A-75-DL registered as EC-ACX, was forced to ditch...
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