Tenerife - Munich

On December 3, 1972 at 07:33 AM, Tenerife - Munich experienced a crash involving Convair CV-990, operated by Spantax, with the event recorded near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands.

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

155 people were known to be on board, 155 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 148, passenger fatalities: 148, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After liftoff at Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, while climbing to a height of 100 meters, the airplane went out of control, plunged into the earth and crashed in a huge explosion about 325 meters past the runway end. The airplane was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 155 occupants, 148 West German tourists and 7 Spanish crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was near zero due to low ceiling and fog.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-BZR, MSN 30-10-25, year of manufacture 1962.

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