Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 DEC 1966 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-51 |
| Operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-NUS |
| C/n / msn: | 45633/162 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 99 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lake Texcoco (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
Crash landed on the dry Texcoco Lake while approaching Mexico City.
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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 New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 3342 km (2089 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 3342 km (2089 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.
