Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 15 FEB 1970 |
| Hora: | ca. 18:30 |
| Tipo: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operador: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
| Registración: | HI-177 |
| Numéro de série: | 47500/546 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1969 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 97 / Ocupantes: 97 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 102 / Ocupantes: 102 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 3 km (1.9 milles) de la costa de Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) (República Dominicana)
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| Fase: | Ascenso Inicial (ICL) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ/MDSD), República Dominicana |
| San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico |
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.
Fuentes:
» 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).
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.
República Dominicana