Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 23 JUL 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-327C |
| Operator: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
| Registration: | OD-AFX |
| C/n / msn: | 19107/507 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport (BEY) (Lebanon)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA), Lebanon |
The aircraft departed Beirut on a training flight for the promotion of four first officers to captains. Two touch-and-goes were performed, when after the third touchdown the aircraft yawed abruptly to the right, then to the left and to the right again. The aircraft stalled in a high nose-up attitude, the right wing struck the ground 12m to the right of Taxiway B3. The plane crashed and came to rest inverted across Taxiway F.
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Photos
OD-AFX pictured here during a brief 2-month lease to Zaire Aero Service
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 Beirut International Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Beirut International Airport to Beirut International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
