Sud Aviation Caravelle - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

• 19 January 1960 - SAS, SE-210 Caravelle, OY-KRB, crashed at Esenboga Airport, Turkey. Seven crew members and 35 passengers lost their lives.
• 1963: Swissair Flight 306, crashed shortly after take-off from Zürich, killing all 80 people on board.
• 30 June 1967 - A Thai Airways International SE-210 Caravelle III crashed into the sea while landing at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport during a typhoon. The co-pilot, who was flying the aircraft, allegedly made an abrupt heading change, causing the aircraft to enter into a high rate of descent and a crash into the sea short of the runway. 24 were killed.
• 4 November 1967 - Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed at Black Down Hill Sussex, United Kingdom killing all 37 passengers and crew.
• 1968: Air France Flight 1611 was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from the island of Corsica to Nice, France on September 11, 1968 when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, killing all 95 on board. According to the official report, the crash was non-survivable.
• 26 July 1969 - Air Algérie, 7T-VAK crashed at Biskra, Algeria killing 33 passengers and crew out of 35. The aircraft crashed onto the runway while attempting an emergency landing due to an in-flight fire.
• 20 November 1971 - China Airlines, B-1852 crashed near Penghu, Taiwan killing all 25 passengers and crew. Possible bomb attack but the real cause is still unknown.
• 7 January 1972- Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashed into a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport in Spain. All 104 passengers and crew were killed.
• 14 March 1972 - Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed in the United Arab Emirates killing all 112 passengers and crew.
• 1 June 1973 - a Cruzeiro do Sul Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIN registration PP-PDX flying from Belém-Val de Cães to São Luís crashed on approach to São Luís. Engine no.1 lost power and the aircraft attained an extreme nose-up attitude. It stalled and crashed 760m to the right of the runway. All 23 passengers and crew died.
• 13 August 1973 - Aviaco Flight 118, crashed near A Coruña, Spain killing all 85 passengers and crew, while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport (now A Coruña Airport) in heavy fog.
• 11 September 1973 - JAT Airways Flight 769 crashed while on approach to Titograd Airport. All 41 passengers and crew died in the accident.
• 12 October 1976: Indian Airlines Flight 171, Bombay, India: The right engine caught fire shortly after takeoff and the crew elected to return. Fuel flow to the engine was not stopped and the fire spread through the fuselage and led to hydraulic system failure and a loss of aircraft control shortly before landing. All six crew members and 89 passengers were killed.
• 18 December 1977 – SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 crashed into the sea while on final approach to Madeira Airport, killing 36 people.
• 18 January 1986 - An Aerovias Caravelle temporarily leased from Ecuador's SAETA, reg. HC-BAE, crashed in the jungle after two missed approaches, killing all 87 occupants. The flight originated in Guatemala City and was to land at Mundo Maya International Airport in the northern department of Petén.