Descripción:
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.
Among those killed were the the coach and eleven players of Puerto Rico's women's national volleyball team,[
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 15 febrero 1970 |
| Hora: | 18:30 |
| Tipo: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operador: | Dominicana de Aviacion |
| Registración: | HI-177 |
| Numéro de série: | 47500/546 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1969 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 354 |
| 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: | Destruido |
| 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 | |
| Número de Vuelo: | DO603 |
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.
Among those killed were the the coach and eleven players of Puerto Rico's women's national volleyball team,[
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Distance from Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 385 km (240 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport to San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport as the crow flies is 385 km (240 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.
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