Madrid - Funchal

On March 5, 1973 at 01:40 AM, Madrid - Funchal experienced a crash involving Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, operated by Aviaco - Aviacion y Comercio, with the event recorded near Funchal Madeira.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a positioning flight from Madrid-Barajas to Funchal. While approaching the airport by night, the pilot-in-command made a turn to join the runway 06 approach path when the airplane stalled and crashed into the sea few km off shore. The wreckage sank by a depth of 740 meters and was not recovered. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-BID, MSN 228, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.6759°, -16.9009°.