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 G-BEBP, the Dan-Air Boeing 707 involved, six months before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 May 1977 |
| Summary | Structural failure of the right horizontal stabiliser due to metal fatigue and aircraft design flaw |
| Site | Near Lusaka Airport, Lusaka, Zambia 15°19′34″S 28°24′00″E / 15.326°S 028.400°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-321C |
| Operator | Dan Air Services Ltd |
| Registration | G-BEBP |
| Flight origin | London Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, United Kingdom |
| 1st stopover | Hellinikon Airport, Athens, Greece |
| Last stopover | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Destination | Lusaka Airport, Lusaka, Zambia |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1977 Dan-Air/IAS Cargo Boeing 707 crash was a fatal accident involving a Boeing 707-321C cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on behalf of International Aviation Services Limited (trading as IAS Cargo Airlines at the time of the accident), which had been sub-contracted by Zambia Airways Corporation to operate a weekly scheduled all-cargo service between London Heathrow and the Zambian capital Lusaka via Athens and Nairobi. The aircraft crashed during approach to Lusaka Airport, Zambia, on 14 May 1977. All six crew members of the aircraft were killed.[1]
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network (includes picture of accident aircraft one year prior to the accident)