Short runway with faulty temperature sensors, and pilot error due to calculations of incorrect information leading to overloading of aircraft
Site
Grano de Oro Airport, Maracaibo, Venezuela 10°41′38″N71°38′13″W / 10.694°N 71.637°W / 10.694; -71.637
Total fatalities
155
Aircraft
Aircraft type
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Operator
Viasa
IATA flight No.
VA742
ICAO flight No.
VIA742
Call sign
Viasa 742
Registration
YV-C-AVD
Flight origin
Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas
Stopover
Grano de Oro Airport, Maracaibo
Destination
Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida
Occupants
84
Passengers
74
Crew
10
Fatalities
84
Survivors
0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
71
Viasa Flight 742 was an international, scheduled passenger flight from Caracas, Venezuela to Miami International Airport with an intermediate stopover in Maracaibo, Venezuela that crashed on 16 March 1969. After taking off on the Maracaibo to Miami leg, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 hit a series of power lines before crashing into the La Trinidad section of Maracaibo. All 84 people on board perished, as well as 71 on the ground.[1]
^Ranter, Harro. "Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YV-C-AVD Maracaibo". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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