Narrative:
Touched down far down the runway after a high approach, aquaplaned off the runway, dropped into a hollow 20 m deep and caught fire.
Runway excursion
accident date: 03-03-1978
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63
registration: EC-BMX
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 3 March 1978 |
| Time: | 17:25 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 |
| Operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | EC-BMX |
| MSN: | 45930/378 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 211 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 222 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) ( Spain)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
| Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ/LEST), Spain | |
| Flightnumber: | IB575 |
Touched down far down the runway after a high approach, aquaplaned off the runway, dropped into a hollow 20 m deep and caught fire.
Classification:
Late landingRunway excursion
Sources:
» Jet-Airliner Unfälle seit 1952 / J. Richter, Chr. WolfPhotos
accident date: 03-03-1978
type: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63
registration: EC-BMX
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 Madrid-Barajas Airport to Santiago de Compostela Airport as the crow flies is 480 km (300 miles).
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Santiago de Compostela Airport as the crow flies is 480 km (300 miles).
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