| Date: | Wednesday 15 February 1978 |
| Time: | 13:13 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-329 |
| Owner/operator: | Sobelair, lsf Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-SJE |
| MSN: | 17627/133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 56787 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 198 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |
| Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN/GCXO) |
The aircraft undershot the runway, causing the nosegear to collapse. A fire erupted destroying the aircraft.
Sources:
Aviation News 17.03.1978
skystef.be
El Pais
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport (TFN); 14 April 1978
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 03 July 1976
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