Boeing 707 crash, Feb 15, 1978, Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos...

Boeing 707 accident on February 15, 1978 near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain with no fatalities.

A Boeing 707-329 on a charter flight from Brussels to Tenerife with 189 passengers and nine crew could not lower its nose gear. It landed with the nose gear retracted and slid about 1,200 metres before stopping in flames. All 198 occupants were evacuated and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

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