Aviaco Flight 118 Crash Kills 86 in Spain, August 13, 1973
Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground.
Date: August 13, 1973
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