Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 SEP 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Mexicana |
| Registration: | XA-DUH |
| C/n / msn: | 11725 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Popocatepetl (Mexico) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tapachula International Airport (TAP/MMTP), Mexico |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
Crashed into a mountain.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tapachula International Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 874 km (547 miles).
Distance from Tapachula International Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 874 km (547 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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Douglas DC-3
- 1580th loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 34th worst accident (at the time)
- 118th worst accident (currently)
Mexico- worst accident (at the time)
- 12th worst accident (currently)