Independent Air Flight 1851
1989 plane crash on Pico Alto, the Azores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 8 February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851, a Boeing 707 on an American charter flight from Bergamo, Italy, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, struck Pico Alto while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores for a scheduled stopover. The aircraft was destroyed, with the loss of all 144 people on board, resulting in the deadliest plane crash in Portugal's history.[2] All of the passengers on board were Italian and all of the crew were Americans.[3][4] The crash is also known as "The disaster of the Azores" (Italian: Il disastro delle Azzorre).[5]
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Accident | |
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Date | 8 February 1989 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain during descent |
Site | Pico Alto, Santa Maria Island, Azores 36.981475°N 25.091008°W / 36.981475; -25.091008 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-331B |
Operator | Independent Air |
IATA flight No. | ID1851 |
ICAO flight No. | IDN1851 |
Call sign | INDEPENDENT 1851 |
Registration | N7231T[1] |
Flight origin | Orio al Serio Airport, Bergamo, Italy |
Stopover | Santa Maria Airport, Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal |
Destination | Punta Cana Airport, Dominican Republic |
Occupants | 144 |
Passengers | 137 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 144 |
Survivors | 0 |
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