Acidente de avião TAP 425 - Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
N 32° 41.303 W 016° 47.165
28S E 332556 N 3618151
Memorial do acidente aéreo de 19 de novembro de 1977.
Waymark Code: WM19CT6
Location: Arquipélago da Madeira, Portugal
Date Posted: 01/28/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Memorial to the air crash of 19 November 1977.

TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon. On November 19, 1977, the Boeing 727 operating the service overran the airport's runway before crashing onto the nearby beach and exploding, killing 131 of the 164 people on board.( Source: Wikipedia)
Disaster Date: 11/19/1977

Memorial Sponsors: Unknown

Parking Coordinates: N 32° 41.315 W 016° 47.229

Disaster Type: Technological

Relevant Website: [Web Link]

Date of dedication: Not listed

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