• Spantax S.A. was a former Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988. Spantax was one of the first...
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    Spantax Flight 995 was a charter flight from Madrid–Barajas Airport to New York via Málaga Airport on September 13, 1982. When the DC-10 aircraft was...
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    the J79, the CJ805 and CJ805-23 were smoky, although secondary operator Spantax eventually had their engines refitted with low-smoke combustion chambers...
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    were an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flying from Palma de Mallorca and a Spantax Convair 990 from Madrid. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed. The...
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    December 3, 1972, a Convair CV-990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax from Tenerife to Munich with 148 passengers and 7 crew crashed while taking...
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    5 January 1970, a Convair 990 Coronado operated by the Spanish airline Spantax crashed shortly after take-off from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing...
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    (Instrument Landing System) was installed.[citation needed] On December 3, 1972, Spantax Flight 275 crashed during take-off, killing everyone on board. A new airport...
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    DC-9-32, flying from Palma de Mallorca to London collided in mid-air with Spantax Flight 400, a Convair 990 flying from Madrid to London. All 68 people on...
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  • the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa). 1982 – Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing...
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  • Airport. All 90 passengers and crew on board are killed. January 5 – A Spantax Convair 990 Coronado crashed shortly after takeoff from Stockholm's Arlanda...
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