ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 XA-BOP Mexico City
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Date:Saturday 9 September 1978
Time:15:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Operator:Lineas Aéreas del Centro
Registration: XA-BOP
MSN: 18
First flight: 1966
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 19
Total:Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:65 km (40.6 mls) W of Mexico City (   Mexico)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico
Destination airport:Morelia Airport (MLM/MMMM), Mexico
Narrative:
Crashed near a highway in mountainous terrain.

Sources:
» Winnipeg Free Press, 11-9-1978
» El Siglo de Torreon, 11-9-1978


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Distance from Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport to Morelia Airport as the crow flies is 208 km (130 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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