Hull-loss description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JUN 1990 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-321B |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CEI |
| C/n / msn: | 20021/769 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL) (Chile) |
| Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Boeing was towed into a hangar when one of the engines struck a tow truck. The pylon and engine broke off, causing severe damage to the aircraft.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.07
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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.
