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    The Convair 990 Coronado was an American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company...
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    The company also entered the jet airliner business with its Convair 880 and Convair 990 designs. These were smaller than contemporary aircraft like the...
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    considering the 880 project a failure. The Convair 990 Coronado was a stretched and faster variant of the 880. Convair began development of a medium-range commercial...
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    On 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...
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    turbojet and powered the Convair 880 airliner, while CJ805-23 (military designation TF35), a turbofan derivative, powered the Convair 990 Coronado variant. Turbojet...
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    designated the CJ805, powered the Convair 880, while an aft-turbofan derivative, the CJ805-23, powered the Convair 990 airliners and a single Sud Aviation...
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    Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 990 Coronado)
    production of the Convair 990, initially destined for American Airlines. Formerly used as one of the experimental aircraft for Convair 990 type certification...
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    Swissair Flight 330 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 990 Coronado)
    crash, killing all 47 passengers and crew. On 21 February 1970 HB-ICD a Convair CV-990 Coronado jet named "Baselland" was flying on the route with 38 passengers...
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    first jetliner type operated by the airline was the Convair 880. Alaska also operated the Convair 990 jetliner. Besides the current Boeing 737 models flown...
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    1973 Nantes mid-air collision (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 990 Coronado)
    Mallorca to London and a Spantax Convair 990 from Madrid to London. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed. The CV-990 was able to make a successful...
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