| Date: | Sunday 8 November 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroméxico |
| Registration: | XA-DEO |
| MSN: | 47622/753 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 65 km E of Zihuatanejo -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA) |
| Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL/MMGL) |
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.
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Images:
photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); October 1981
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