Independent Air Flight 1851 · Pico Alto
On February 8, 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851 (Pico Alto). 144 people died.
- Date
- February 8, 1989
- Place
- Pico Alto
- Operator
- Independent Air
- Killed
- 144
- Position
- 36.967°N, 25.100°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q613025
From Wikipedia
On 8 February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851, a Boeing 707 on an American charter flight from Bergamo, Italy, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, struck Pico Alto while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores for a scheduled stopover. The aircraft was destroyed, with the loss of all 144 people on board, resulting in the deadliest plane crash in Portugal's history. All of the passengers on board were Italian and all of the crew were Americans. The crash is also known as "The disaster of the Azores" (Italian: Il disastro delle Azzorre).
Text from Wikipedia, “Independent Air Flight 1851”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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