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This plane crash takes us to the European country of Portugal which is located next to Spain and the Atlantic Ocean.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in 1985.
On the 8th of February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851, registered as November 7231 Tango (N7231T), a Boeing 707 on an American charter flight from Orio al Serio International Airport (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME), Bergamo, Italy to Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC), Dominica Republic, that struck Pico Alto while it was on approach to Santa Maria Airport (IATA: SMA, ICAO: LPAZ), Azores, Portugal, it was a scheduled stopover, the aircraft was destroyed, with the loss of all 144 people on board, it resulted in the deadliest plane crash in Portugal's history, all the passengers were Italian and the crew was American.
At 14:08:00pm local time due to turbulence, the plane climbed sharply from 1,751 feet to 1,869 feet, as a result the GPWS activated, the crew didn't respond to the warnings, at 14:08:12pm local time, as an altitude of 1,795 feet above sea level, the aircraft crashed into a wall by a road, it skidded through trees with trunks that were about 30 to 40 centimetres in diameter, the plane then exploded, the impact occurred on the east side of Pico-Alto, the majority of debris was on this side of the mountain, though several portions of debris were also found on the western slope of the mountain as the initial impact site was near the summit, all 144 people on board were killed, this is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Portugal and the fourth deadliest crash to involve a Boeing 707 aircraft.
The summary of the crash was Controlled Flight into Terrain.
