Aviaco Flight 118

Aviaco Flight 118
Accident summary
Sister-ship to the accident aircraft, seen at le Bourget airport in August 1974
Date	13 August 1973
Summary	Pilot error Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Montrove, Spain
Passengers	79
Crew	6
Fatalities	85 + 1
Injuries (non-fatal)	0
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
Operator	Aviaco
Registration	EC-BIC
Flight origin	Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain
Destination	Alvedro Airport, A Coruña, Spain

Aviaco Flight 118 was a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle operated by Aviaco airlines that crashed in the village of Montrove, Spain on 13 August 1973, while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport in heavy fog.^[1] The aircraft crashed into an abandoned farmhouse approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the airport. All 85 persons on board perished in the crash and subsequent fire. One person in the village also died.^[2]

Flight 118 was a seasonal daily flight from Madrid to A Coruña favoured by tourists.^[3] Local news reports indicated that AV-118 was a special "vacation flight" run by Aviaco during the summer season, so as to provide easy access to Galicia's numerous ocean-side resorts.^[3]

References

↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 22 October 2009.
↑ "No ha habido supervivientes en el accidente aereo de La Coruña." (PDF). ABC (Spain). Madrid, Spain. 14 August 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
1 2 "Jet Crashes in Spain" (PDF). Ruston Daily Leader. Ruston, Louisiana. UPI. 13 August 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 22 October 2009. Transcript.

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