Lufthansa Flight 540
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Lufthansa Flight 540 was a scheduled commercial flight for Lufthansa, serving the Frankfurt–Nairobi–Johannesburg route. On 20 November 1974, the Boeing 747-130 that was operating as Flight 540 was carrying 157 people (139 passengers and 18 crew members) crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi for the last leg of the flight, resulting in the deaths of 54 passengers and 5 crew members. This was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 747.
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Eastern Bypass, Nairobi
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| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|
| N -1.3192 ° | E 36.9275 ° |
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Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Eastern Bypass
55145 Nairobi (Embakasi)
Nairobi County, Kenya
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