Boeing 727-200 crash, Nov 19, 1977 (131 killed), Funchal...
Boeing 727-200 accident on November 19, 1977 near Funchal Madeira, Portugal with 131 fatalities.
- Date: November 19, 1977
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Funchal Madeira, Portugal
- Fatalities: 131
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Boeing 727 operated by Air Portugal on a flight from Brussels via Lisbon overran the wet runway at Funchal after a second landing attempt in poor weather. It went down a steep embankment onto a beach and burned, and 131 people on board were killed.