Cubana de Aviación Flight 310

1999 aviation accident

Cubana de Aviación Flight 310
Accident
A Yak-42D of Cubana de Aviación, similar to the accident aircraft
Date	25 December 1999 (1999-12-25)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Bejuma, Venezuela
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-42
Operator	Cubana de Aviación
IATA flight No.	CU310
ICAO flight No.	CUB310
Call sign	CUBANA 310
Registration	CU-T1285
Flight origin	José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba
Destination	Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela
Occupants	22
Passengers	10
Crew	12
Fatalities	22
Survivors	0

Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 was a scheduled international flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Arturo Michelena International Airport, Valencia, Venezuela, which crashed near Bejuma, Venezuela, on 25 December 1999. All 10 passengers and 12 Crew on board were killed.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Yakovlev Yak-42D, registration CU-T1285. The aircraft was manufactured in 1991 as msn 4520424914068.

Accident

The flight had departed José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, bound for Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Due to mudslides and flooding, the flight was diverted to Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia. The aircraft was held for 40 minutes.

The pilots called Air Traffic Control at Valencia Airport to say that they were descending from 8,000 feet (2,400 m) to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to get ready to approach. As Flight 310 started its approach to Valencia Airport the aircraft struck the San Luis Hill. The aircraft crashed near the town of Bejuma. All 22 passengers and crew died in the crash, which happened at 20:18 local time (00:48, 26 December UTC). The location of the crash was 10°11.5′N 68°08.8′W / 10.1917°N 68.1467°W / 10.1917; -68.1467.

Passengers and crew

The nationalities of the victims of Flight 310 were-

Country	Passengers	Crew	Total
Cuba	4	12	16
Venezuela	4	–	4
Netherlands	2	–	2
Total	10	12	22

References

^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
"Accidents and terrorism". urrib2000. Retrieved 4 February 2010.,
"Accident synopsis". Air Disaster. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "No survivors in Venezuela plane crash". BBC News Online. 26 December 1999. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
"Occurrence report". International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

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Photo of wreckage

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1999 (1999)

Feb 24 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509Feb 25 Minerva Airlines Flight 1553Mar 15 Korean Air Flight 1533Mar 27 F-117A shootdownApr 7 Turkish Airlines Flight 5904Apr 12 Avianca Flight 9463Apr 15 Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316Jun 1 American Airlines Flight 1420Jul 2 Tramore helicopter crashJul 7 Hinduja Cargo Services Flight 8533Jul 16 Martha's Vineyard plane crashJul 23 All Nippon Airways Flight 61Jul 24 Air Fiji Flight 121Aug 7 TACV Flight 5002Aug 10 Pakistani Atlantic shootdownAug 22 China Airlines Flight 642Aug 24 Uni Air Flight 873Aug 31 LAPA Flight 3142Sep 3 Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3WSep 5 Necon Air Flight 128Sep 14 Britannia Airways Flight 226ASep 23 Qantas Flight 1Oct 11 Air Botswana crashOct 25 South Dakota Learjet crashOct 31 EgyptAir Flight 990Nov 9 TAESA Flight 725Nov 12 Si Fly Flight 3275Dec 7 Asian Spirit Flight 100Dec 11 SATA Air Açores Flight 530MDec 21 Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216Dec 22 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509Dec 24 Indian Airlines Flight 814Dec 25 Cubana de Aviación Flight 310

1998 ◄ ► 2000

10°11.5′N 68°08.8′W / 10.1917°N 68.1467°W / 10.1917; -68.1467

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