Estado: | |
Fecha: | sábado 17 febrero 1979 |
Tipo: | Boeing 707-321C |
Operador: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
Registración: | OD-AGO |
Numéro de série: | 19269/570 |
Año de Construcción: | 1967-04-10 (11 years 11 months) |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 5 |
VÃctimas de la colisión: | Fatalidades: 1 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
Consecuencias: | Repaired |
Ubicación: | Taoyuan ( Taiwan)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Tailandia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan |
Descripción:A TMA Boeing 707 cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a mid-air collision with a Northrop F-5 fighter plane operated by the Republic of China Air Force.
The F-5 ripped off part of the Boeing's vertical stabilizer, causing the structure to lift, and the rear pressure bulkhead to fail. The freighter landed safely, but the F-5 crashed. The collision occurred at FL115.
Fuentes:
» Flight International 10 March 1979
Fotos
accident date:
17-02-1979type: Boeing 707-321C
registration: OD-AGO
accident date:
17-02-1979type: Boeing 707-321C
registration: OD-AGO
accident date:
17-02-1979type: Boeing 707-321C
registration: OD-AGO
accident date:
17-02-1979type: Boeing 707-321C
registration: OD-AGO
accident date:
17-02-1979type: Boeing 707-321C
registration: OD-AGO
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 2474 km (1546 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.