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Iberia Flight 401

5 May 1965 · Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Iberia Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation · Poor visual on runway

From Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
30 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
19
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

Aircraft type
Lockheed L-1049
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
EC-AIN
Onboard fatalities
30
Route
From Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)To Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN)

Approximate · Estimated position: Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

Iberia Flight 401 was a routine domestic flight from Madrid International Airport in Spain to Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Iberia Flight 401” (revision 1353277992, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article

Sources

Wikipedia article: Iberia Flight 401
Article
Iberia Flight 401
Revision
1353277992 · 2026-05-09 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q5983831
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Iberia Flight 401" (page 14514678, revision 1353277992)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.