| Date: | Tuesday 22 October 1996 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-323C |
| Owner/operator: | Millon Air |
| Registration: | N751MA |
| MSN: | 19582/639 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW of Manta Airport (MEC) -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Manta Airport (MEC/SEMT) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
The Boeing 707, on a cargo flight to Miami (carrying frozen fish and flowers), crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 23. The aircraft ripped off rooftops of houses in the Dolorosa neighborhood and crashed in flames into a restaurant. Local officials claim an engine was on fire.
Sources:
Reuters
Scramble 210
CNN
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); March 1992
photo (c) Flip; Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ); 20 October 1996
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