Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
Status:
Datum:15 FEB 1970
Zeit:ca. 18:30
Flugzeugtyp:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Fluggesellschaft:Dominicana de Aviacion
Kennzeichen: HI-177
Werknummer: 47500/546
Baujahr: 1969
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 97 / Insassen: 97
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 102 / Insassen: 102
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:3 km (1.9 Meilen) vom Land entfernt von Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) (Dominikanische Republik) show on map
Flugphase: Anfangssteigflug (ICL)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), Dominikanische Republik
Flug nach:San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ),
Unfallbericht:
About two minutes after takeoff one of the two engines lost power. The crew tried to return by initiating a right turn, but the aircraft descended rapidly until impacting the sea.

Informationsquelle:
» Air Disasters / D.Gero
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com

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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 Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 385 km (240 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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