Aviaco Flight 118
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Aviaco Flight 118 was a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
operated by Aviaco
airlines that crashed in the village of Montrove, Spain on 13 August 1973, while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport
(now A Coruña Airport) in heavy fog. The aircraft crashed into an abandoned farmhouse approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the airport. All 85 persons on board perished in the crash and subsequent fire. One person in the village also died.
Flight 118 was a seasonal daily flight from Madrid
to A Coruña
favored by tourists. Local news reports indicated that AV-118 was a special "vacation flight" run by Aviaco during the summer season, so as to provide easy access to Galicia's numerous ocean-side resorts.
Sud Aviation Caravelle
The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was the first short/medium-range jet airliner produced by the French Sud Aviation firm starting in 1955 . The Caravelle was one of the more successful European first generation jetliners, selling throughout Europe and even penetrating the United States market, with...
operated by Aviaco
Aviaco
Aviación y Comercio, S.A., was a Spanish airline incorporated on February 18, 1948. It was founded when the National Institute of Industry proposed that the national carrier of Spain, Iberia, could not meet the domestic demand. This had been caused by the heavy commitment of Iberia to the lucrative...
airlines that crashed in the village of Montrove, Spain on 13 August 1973, while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport
A Coruña Airport
A Coruña Airport , formerly known as Alvedro Airport, is the airport serving the Galician city of A Coruña in northwestern Spain. The airport is located in the municipality of Culleredo, approximately from the city center. It is a part of the network of airports managed by Aena, a Spanish...
(now A Coruña Airport) in heavy fog. The aircraft crashed into an abandoned farmhouse approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the airport. All 85 persons on board perished in the crash and subsequent fire. One person in the village also died.
Flight 118 was a seasonal daily flight from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
to A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
favored by tourists. Local news reports indicated that AV-118 was a special "vacation flight" run by Aviaco during the summer season, so as to provide easy access to Galicia's numerous ocean-side resorts.