Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 20 APR 2008 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 62M |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T1283 |
| C/n / msn: | 4053823 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Engines: | 4 Soloviev D-30KU |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) (Dominican Republic) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Santo Domingo-Las Américas José Francisco Peña Gómez Int'l Airport (SDQ/MDSD), Dominican Republic |
| Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba | |
| Flightnumber: | 201 |
Cubana Flight 201 took off from Santo Domingo (SDQ) on a regular service to Havana (HAV). At 45 nm from SDQ and at an altitude of 25000 feet the nr.2 engine suffered an uncontained failure. Fuel lines to engine nr.1 were compromised and a fire erupted. Also, debris had penetrated the fuselage, causing a decompression. Both engines were shut down and the captain decided to return to Santo Domingo.
An emergency descent was carried out, followed by a safe emergency landing.
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Distance from Santo Domingo-Las Américas José Francisco Peña Gómez Int'l Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 1410 km (881 miles).
Distance from Santo Domingo-Las Américas José Francisco Peña Gómez Int'l Airport to Havana-José Martí International Airport as the crow flies is 1410 km (881 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.
