Estado: | |
Fecha: | miércoles 4 junio 1969 |
Hora: | 08:42 |
Tipo: |  Boeing 727-64 |
Operador: | Mexicana de Aviación |
Registración: | XA-SEL |
Numéro de série: | 19256/355 |
Año de Construcción: | 1967-01-06 (2 years 5 months) |
Motores: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 7 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 72 / Ocupantes: 72 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 79 / Ocupantes: 79 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 23 km (14.4 milles) NW of Monterrey-Gen Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY) ( México)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 1800 m (5906 feet) amsl |
Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), México |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Monterrey-Aeropuerto Del Norte (NTR/MMAN), México |
Número de Vuelo: | MX704 |
Descripción:The aircraft made a continuous descent at 1500-1600 feet/min at 250 knots IAS. Passing the Monterrey VOR, the aircraft turned left, instead of right to enter the holding pattern. The Boeing proceeded outside the designated holding pattern and collided with rising terrain (Cerro del Fraile).
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Distance from Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Monterrey-Aeropuerto Del Norte as the crow flies is 721 km (450 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.