Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 JAN 1971 |
| Type: | Vickers 749 Viscount |
| Operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-C-AMV |
| C/n / msn: | 94 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 43 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 47 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near La Azulita (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD/SVMD), Venezuela |
| Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
The Viscount contacted trees and crash-landed on a wooded mountain slope in the Andes.
Sources:
» The News and Courier - Jan 26, 1971
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Map
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 Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport as the crow flies is 507 km (317 miles).
Distance from Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport as the crow flies is 507 km (317 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.
