Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 08 NOV 1981 |
| Tipo: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operador: | Aeroméxico |
| Registración: | XA-DEO |
| Numéro de série: | 47622/753 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1974 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 6 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 12 / Ocupantes: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 18 / Ocupantes: 18 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 65 km (40.6 milles) E of Zihuatanejo (México)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), México |
| Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL/MMGL), México | |
| Número de Vuelo: | 110 |
DC-9 registered XA-DEO departed Acapulco for a domestic flight to Guadalajara. About 35 minutes after takeoff a cabin decompression occurred. The pilot radioed that they wanted to return to Acapulco and initiated an emergency descent from FL310. Over the Sierra de Guerro mountains the plane struck a mountain at 6000 feet altitude and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Crew failed to follow approved (emergency) procedures. Fuentes:
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Distance from Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport as the crow flies is 559 km (349 miles).
Distance from Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport as the crow flies is 559 km (349 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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