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Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board.

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1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash

1972 plane crash in Spain

On December 3, 1972, a Convair CV-990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax from Tenerife to Munich with 148 passengers and 7 crew crashed while taking off from Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, killing all 155 passengers and crew onboard. Many of the…
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Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport

International airport in the Canary Islands, Spain

Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, formerly Los Rodeos Airport, is the smaller of the two international airports on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, 11 km (7 mi) by road from Santa Cruz and at an elevation of 633 metres (2,077…
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December 3

Day of the year

December 3 is the 337th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 28 days remain until the end of the year.
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