Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAR 1978 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-283 Srs. 2A |
| Operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-45C |
| C/n / msn: | 1744 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 43 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5,2 km (3.3 mls) off Punta Mulatos (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
| Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU), Venezuela |
Artificial horizon problems following take-off forced the crew to return to the airport. The aircraft crashed into the sea.
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Distance from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport to Cumaná Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (195 miles).
Distance from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport to Cumaná Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (195 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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