TAP Flight 425

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Transportes Aéreos Portugueses Flight 425

CS-TBR, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen at Düsseldorf Airport, 3 months prior to the crash
Accident
Date	19 November 1977
Summary	Runway overrun
Site	Madeira International Airport, Funchal, Portugal 32°41′17″N 16°47′8″W / 32.68806°N 16.78556°W / 32.68806; -16.78556
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-282 Advanced
Aircraft name	Sacadura Cabral
Operator	Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
IATA flight No.	TP425
ICAO flight No.	TAP425
Call sign	TAP 425
Registration	CS-TBR
Flight origin	Brussels Airport, Brussels, Belgium
Stopover	Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal
Destination	Madeira International Airport, Funchal, Portugal
Passengers	156
Crew	8
Fatalities	131
Injuries	33
Survivors	33

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 19 November 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.^[1][2]