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The 707-120 was the first production 707 variant, with a longer, wider fuselage, and greater wingspan than the Dash 80. The cabin had a full set of rectangular windows and could seat up to 189 passengers. [40] It was designed for transcontinental routes, and often required a refueling stop when flying across the North Atlantic.
Captain Frank Staley Jr., age 43, was employed by Braniff International Airways and had accumulated 20,450 flight hours. Flight Engineer Carl Hagan, aged 28, was employed by Boeing and had accumulated 1,260 flight hours. Baum served as instructor for Captains Berke and Staley, who were on their first training flight on the 707. [3]
October 29: A 707-368C of the Royal Australian Air Force stalled and crashed into the sea off East Sale, Victoria. All five crew on board died. [64] December 7: A Libyan Arab Airlines 707-351C was destroyed by fire at Tripoli, Libya. [1] 1992. February 20: A TAAG-Angola Airlines 707-349C was damaged beyond repair at Luanda, Angola. [1]
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-323C, construction number 19235, line number 519, [2] delivered new to American Airlines and registered N7562A on 31 August 1966. The aircraft was operated under its cargo subsidiary [3] before being sold to Varig Cargo on 28 March 1974 and re-registered as PP-VLU. [2]
Sabena Flight 571 was a scheduled passenger flight from Brussels to Tel Aviv via Vienna, operated by the Belgian national airline, Sabena.On 8 May 1972, a Boeing 707 passenger aircraft operating that service, captained by British pilot Reginald Levy, DFC, [1] was hijacked by four members of the Black September Organization, a Palestinian terrorist group.
After referring to his navigation logs, he estimated the flash to have occurred at 9:22 p.m. near the location where the last radar target of Flight 11 had been seen. Most of the fuselage was found near Unionville, but the engines and parts of the tail section, and left wing were found up to six miles (9.7 km) away from the main wreckage. [1]
Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 July 1973, for Orly Airport, in Paris, France.
The First Officer was William A. Slaughter (46) who had 17,419 hours overall and 1,269 on the 707. Second Officer John W. Churchill (41) was the least experienced amongst the flight crew with 9,928 hours in total and 1,920 hours on the 707. The Flight Engineer, H. W. Lowery (47) had a total of 14,231 hours with 1,308 of those on the type.