Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1976 |
Time: | 17:24 |
Type: | Douglas DC-8-43 |
Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
Registration: | CU-T1201 |
MSN: | 45611/127 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Conway 508-12 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 73 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | 8 km W off Bridgetown International Airport (BGI) -
Barbados
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB) |
Destination airport: | Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP) |
Narrative:At 17:15 Flight 455 took off from Bridgetown runway 09, heading for Kingston. Nine minutes later, the crew tried to turn back to Barbados due to an explosion. The DC-8 lost height rapidly and crashed in a nose down, right wing low attitude into the sea, 5 miles offshore.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The detonation of an explosive device at the rear of the cabin which initiated an uncontrollable fire producing toxic gases resulting in eventual incapacitation of the pilots."
Sources:
Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pedro de la Cruz, via Werner Fischdick; Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD); May 1976
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