1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash: Difference between revisions

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 [[Zambia]]n capital [[Lusaka]] via Athens and Nairobi. The aircraft crashed during approach to [[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport|Lusaka Airport]], Zambia, on 14 May 1977. All six occupants of the aircraft were killed.

The aircraft was a Boeing 707-321C that first entered service with Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1963. This aircraft was also the first convertible 707 built, featuring a large freight door on the left-hand side of the forward fuselage, that permitted the carriage of main deck cargo when configured as a freighter. Dan-Air acquired the aircraft in 1976. It was the fourth 707 the UK independent<ref group=nb>the term "independent" in this context denotes private, generally unsubsidised UK airlines that were financially and operationally independent from the crown corporations, i.e. British European Airways, British Overseas Airways Corporation and British Airways (prior to privatisation)</ref> operated, as well as the type's second turbofan-powered and second convertible example in service with the airline. At the time of the accident it had flown about 47,000&nbsp;hours.<ref>''The Spirit of Dan-Air'', Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 90, 231</ref>