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West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
HK-4374X, the aircraft involved, photographed in July 2005, 1 month before disaster
Accident
Date
16 August 2005 (2005-08-16)
Summary
Deep stall due to pilot error, a lack of crew resource management, and loss of situational awareness
West Caribbean Airways (chartered by the Globe Trotters de Rivière Salée travel agency)
IATA flight No.
YH708
ICAO flight No.
WCW708
Call sign
WHISKY CHARLIE WHISKY 708[1]: 146–155
Registration
HK-4374X
Flight origin
Tocumen International Airport, Panama
Destination
Martinique Aimé Césaire Int'l Airport, Martinique
Occupants
160
Passengers
152
Crew
8
Fatalities
160
Survivors
0
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of Tuesday, 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration HK-4374X, was en route from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama City, Panama, to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF) in Fort-de-France, Martinique, France. While flying at 33,000 ft (10,000 m), the aircraft's speed gradually decreased until it entered an aerodynamic stall. The crew, probably under the mistaken belief that the aircraft had suffered a double engine flameout, did not take the necessary actions to recover from the stall. The confusion and lack of action resulted in the crash.[1]: 123–124
The death toll made the accident the deadliest of 2005, the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Venezuela, and the second deadliest involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series.[2][3][4][5][6]
^ ab"Informe Final Caso West Caribbean HK4374X" [Final Report West Caribbean Case HK4374X] (PDF) (in Spanish). Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board. JIAAC-9-058-2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety.
^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) HK-4374X Machiques". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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