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 An ONA Douglas DC-9-33CF leased by ALM, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 May 1970 |
| Summary | Water landing after fuel exhaustion due to pilot error |
| Site | Caribbean Sea 18°N 64°W / 18°N 64°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-9-33CF |
| Aircraft name | Carib Queen |
| Operator | Overseas National Airways on behalf of ALM Antillean Airlines |
| Registration | N935F |
| Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
| Destination | Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten |
| Occupants | 63 |
| Passengers | 57 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Injuries | 37 |
| Survivors | 40 |
ALM Antillean Airlines Flight 980 was a flight scheduled to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, on 2 May 1970.[citation needed] After several unsuccessful landing attempts, the aircraft's fuel was exhausted, and it made a forced water landing (known as ditching) in the Caribbean Sea 48 km (30 mi; 26 nmi) off St. Croix, with 23 fatalities and 40 survivors. The accident is one of a small number of intentional water ditchings of jet airliners.[citation needed]