Madrid runway disaster

Coordinates: 40°28′11″N 3°33′46″W / 40.46972°N 3.56278°W / 40.46972; -3.56278
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Madrid Runway Disaster
Iberia Flight 350 · Aviaco Flight 134
Overview of Madrid–Barajas Airport, the site of the disaster.
Accident
Date7 December 1983
SummaryRunway incursion due to inadequate signs and markings
SiteMadrid–Barajas Airport
40°28′11″N 3°33′46″W / 40.46972°N 3.56278°W / 40.46972; -3.56278
Total fatalities93
Total injuriesAt least 30 (all on the Boeing 727)[1]
Total survivors42
First aircraft

EC-CFJ, the Boeing 727 involved in the collision, at London in 1981
TypeBoeing 727-256
NameJumila
OperatorIberia
RegistrationEC-CFJ
Flight originMadrid–Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
DestinationRoma–Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF)
Occupants93
Passengers84
Crew9
Fatalities51
InjuriesAt least 30[1]
Survivors42
Second aircraft

EC-CGS, the DC-9 involved in the collision, at Mulhouse in 1980
TypeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
NameVasco Núñez de Balboa
OperatorAviaco
RegistrationEC-CGS
Flight originMadrid–Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
DestinationSantander Airport (SDR/LEXJ)
Occupants42
Passengers37
Crew5
Fatalities42
Injuries0
Survivors0

The Madrid Runway Disaster occurred on Wednesday, December 7, 1983 (9:50 a.m.) at Madrid-Barajas airport when Iberia Flight 350, a Boeing 727 (registration EC-CFJ) bound for Madrid-Barajas airport Rome-Fiumicino, piloted by Commander Carlos López Barranco, with 93 passengers, collided with Aviaco Flight 134, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (registration EC-CGS) bound for Santander Airport, piloted by Commander Augusto Almoguera Pérez (13,442 flight hours), with 42 people on board.

As the Boeing 727 taxied down runway 01, the DC-9 crew accidentally made a wrong turn in the fog and took their plane onto the runway, into the path of the 727. The 727 crew saw the DC-9 and tried to avoid it. the collision turning their planes to take off; however, the 727 had not reached flying speed and its rear fuselage struck the DC-9. Both aircraft caught fire and were destroyed.

Victims[change | change source]

All 42 people aboard the DC-9 perished (37 passengers and 5 crew members), and 51 of the 93 aboard the Boeing 727 perished (50 passengers and 1 crew member).

Rescue[change | change source]

The rescue continued throughout the day and part of the next. The judge on duty, José Ruiz Ramo, was examining the bodies and certifying the deaths. As many relatives approached the airport and a flood of people collapsed hospitals to donate blood.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Final report of the accident in English" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2020.