Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 APR 1947 |
| Time: | ca 10:30 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-ALO |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 40 km (25 mls) E of Caracas (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU), Venezuela |
| Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB (SVFM), Venezuela |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Civil Aircraft Registers of Venezuela / Air Britain Historians
» WAAS
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Distance from Cumaná Airport to Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
Distance from Cumaná Airport to Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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