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The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-227 registered as N7071 with serial number 17691. It was manufactured on June 11, 1959. It was operated by Boeing and it had accumulated 173 flight hours. [1] [2] [3]
This was the first crash of a 707. [1] October 19: A Boeing 707-227 (N7071) crashed northeast of Arlington, Washington, while on a acceptance flight for Braniff International Airways. Four people were killed in the crash and four survived. [2]
Continental Airlines Flight 11, registration N70775, was a Boeing 707 aircraft which exploded in the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, United States, while en route from O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1962.
Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707-329 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground.
American Airlines Flight 1502 was a crew training flight from Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport).On January 28, 1961, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed out of control into the Atlantic Ocean 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Montauk Point, New York, and all six crew on board were killed. [1]
An American Airlines Boeing 707-123, similar to the aircraft involved. This plane would be involved in another accident. The aircraft was a Boeing 707-123 with registration N7514A, nicknamed "Flagship Connecticut". The aircraft in question's first flight was earlier in the year, and when the crash occurred, it had accumulated 736 total flight ...
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.
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