| Date: | Wednesday 21 July 2004 |
| Time: | 19:33 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero California |
| Registration: | XA-BCS |
| MSN: | 47043/88 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 96300 hours |
| Cycles: | 102000 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX) -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Durango-Guadalupe Victoria Airport (DGO/MMDO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aerocalifornia flight 706 was the evening flight from Mexico City to Durango and Torreón. About half an hour late, the flight was cleared to takeoff from runway 05L. Immediately after rotation the flight encountered windshear forcing the airplane into the ground with a subsequent loss of control. All three landing gears collapsed and the right wing was destroyed.
Sources:
Diario
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX); October 2000
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