Date:	Saturday 19 November 1977
Time:	04:12
Type:	Boeing 707-360C
Owner/operator:	Ethiopian Airlines
Registration:	ET-ACD
MSN:	19736/696
Year of manufacture:	1968
Total airframe hrs:	26612 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,5 km W of Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) -   Italy
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Destination airport:	Asmara International Airport (ASM/HAAY)

Narrative:
A Boeing 707-360C cargo plane was damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident at Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Italy. All five on board were killed.
The airplane barely gained height after takeoff from runway 25. It contacted treetops at a height of 7-8 m and struck the ground 280 m further on.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the airplane carried a load of 19000 kg instead of 19000 lb which was used for takeoff calculations.

Bringing Africa thogether / Ethiopian Airlines, 1988
The Palm Beach Post - Nov 19, 1977

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

18 June 1969	ET-ACD	Ethiopian Airlines		Karachi International Airport (KHI)		unk
Damaged on the ground
24 January 1973	ET-ACD	Ethiopian Airlines	0	Lagos		sub

photo (c) Stephen Aubury; Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA); 20 May 1973

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); June 1974

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