Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JAN 1999 |
| Time: | ca 08:10 |
| Type: | Antonov 26 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Nicaragua |
| Registration: | 152 |
| C/n / msn: | 14206 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Bluefields Airport (BEF) (Nicaragua)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua |
| Bluefields Airport (BEF/MNBL), Nicaragua |
The Antonov took off from Managua at 07:10 for a relief flight to Bluefields; ETA being 08:30.
While approaching Bluefields, the crew were told that they could not land right away, because another aircraft was blocking the runway.
The plane later crashed in a mountainous area.
Sources:
» La Tribuna
» Scramble 344
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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 Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport to Bluefields Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Distance from Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport to Bluefields Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 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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