Tehran - Madrid - McGuire

On May 9, 1976 at 03:35 PM, Tehran - Madrid - McGuire experienced a crash involving Boeing 747-100, operated by Imperial Iranian Air Force, with the event recorded near Huete Castile-La Mancha.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The airplane was completing a military logistic flight from Tehran to McGuire AFB via Madrid, carrying Iranian and US officers. The flight took off from Tehran at 08:20 GMT and climbed to a cruising altitude of FL330. After establishing contact with Madrid control, clearance was received to CPL VOR via Castejon. At 14:25 the flight was cleared to FL100. At 14:30 the crew advised Madrid that they were diverting to the left because of thunderstorm activity, and at 14:32 Madrid cleared ULF48 to 5,000 feet and directed him to contact Madrid approach control. At 14:33 the crew contacted approach control and advised them that there was too much weather activity ahead and requested to be vectored around it. Last radio contact was when ULF48 acknowledged the 260° heading instructions and informed Madrid that they were descending to 5,000 feet. The aircraft was later found to have crashed in farmland at 3,000 feet msl following left wing separation. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 17 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5-283, MSN 19677/73, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.1440°, -2.6913°.