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Date: | Sunday 8 November 1981 |
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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 |
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) |
Destination airport: | Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL/MMGL) |
Narrative: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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photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); October 1981
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