- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 25, 1999
Time: 2015
Location: Bejuma, Venezuela
Operator: Cubana de Aviacion
Flight #: 310
Route: Havana - Valencia
AC Type: Yakovlev YAK-42D
Registration: CU-T1285
cn / ln: 4520424914068
Aboard: 22   (passengers:12  crew:10)
Fatalities: 22   (passengers:12  crew:10)
Ground: 0
Summary: While on approach, after circling for 40 minutes and 5 miles from Valencia Airport, the aircraft crashed into the Tocuyito mountain range and exploded in flames. The airport at Valencia was being used as operations at Simon Bolivar International Airport, Caracas had been disrupted by flooding in the region.
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