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Accident | |
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Date | 11 March 1983 |
Summary | Pilot error in bad weather |
Site | Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-9-32 |
Operator | Avensa |
Registration | YV-67C |
Flight origin | Caracas Airport, Venezuela |
Destination | Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela |
Occupants | 50 |
Passengers | 45 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 23 |
Injuries | 10 |
Survivors | 27 |
Avensa Flight 007[1] was a domestic Venezuelan flight operated by Avensa Airlines on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, which crashed on 11 March 1983 on a domestic flight from Caracas Airport to Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela. It landed hard, skidded off of the runway and exploded.[2][3] Twenty-two passengers and one crew member died.[2][3]
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