Brussels - Tenerife

On February 15, 1978 at 01:13 PM, Brussels - Tenerife experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, 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 landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

198 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 198 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 189, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane was completing a charter flight from Brussels to Tenerife, carrying 189 passengers and a crew of nine on behalf of Sebelair. On approach to Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, the crew informed ATC about technical problems as he was unable to lower the nose gear. The landing was completed on runway 12/30 with the nose gear retracted and the airplane slid for a distance of 1,200 meters before coming to rest in flames. All 198 occupants were evacuated, four passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-SJE, MSN 17627, year of manufacture 1960.

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