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It was a stretched version of its earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines: the 990 was lengthened by 10 ft (3.0 m), which increased the number of passengers from between 88 and 110 in the 880 to between 96 and 121.
Modern Air Convair CV-990-30A-8 N5623 along with sister ship N5624 parked on adjacent remote stands presently occupied by the North Terminal at London Gatwick on 21 May 1972. Modern Air Convair CV-990-30A-5 N5614 resting in front of a hangar with sister ship N5605 parked behind at Miami International during February 1974.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Convair 990A jet airliner powered by four General Electric CJ805-23B turbofan engines with registration PK-GJA. The 1960-built aircraft had serial number 30-10-3 and was initially destined for American Airlines.
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
The Iberia DC-9 was due to reach the Nantes VOR point at 12:52 at flight level 290 (29,000 feet [8,839 m]) and the Spantax Convair CV-990 was scheduled to reach it at 13:00 at the same level. Both aircraft had received instructions from Marina sector Air Traffic Control at the French Air Force base in Mont-de-Marsan , who asked them to contact ...
Federal Aviation Administration reported that American Airlines requested a “ground stop” for all flights which was lifted on Dec. 24, at 8 a.m. ET
American Airlines is the world's largest operator of the 787-8, ... Convair 990: 20 1962 1972 Unknown Douglas DC-8-54CF: 3 1971 Unknown
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