Tenerife – Stockholm

On February 8, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Tenerife – Stockholm experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-7, operated by Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS, with the event recorded near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

91 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 91 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 84, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During the takeoff roll at Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, the crew inadvertently raised the landing gear while the aircraft did not liftoff already. Subsequently, the airplane sank on its belly and slid for several yards before coming to rest in flames. While all 91 occupants were evacuated (six of them were injured), the aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration SE-CCC, MSN 45325/826, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4875°, -16.3460°.