- | 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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