| Date: | Thursday 6 July 1972 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-52 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviaco |
| Registration: | EC-ARA |
| MSN: | 45617/136 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 21 km E off Arinaga, Las Palmas, Canary Islands -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
| Las Palmas-Airport de Gran Canaria (LPA/GCLP) |
Crashed into the sea and sank to a depth of 1560 m.
The aircraft was ferried to Las Palmas to pick up tourists for a flight to Hamburg.
Sources:
Constantino Rubio Lorenzo, mito y leyenda / Juan Carlos Diaz Lorenzo
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 04 June 1972
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