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TAP Portugal Flight 425

1977 CE · Portugal, Europe · Disaster

TAP Portugal Flight 425
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TAP Flight 425 was a regular scheduled flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport, Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon. On 19 November 1977, the Boeing 727 operating the service overran the airport's runway before crashing onto the nearby beach and exploding, killing 131 of the 164 people on board.

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