Aeroméxico Flight 230 experienced a hard landing at Chihuahua International Airport on July 27, 1981. Thirty-two people were killed when the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 jet aircraft was heavily damaged by impact with the ground and fire on approach in high winds.
 Flight 230 in flames after running off the runway. | |
| Runway overrun | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July 1981 |
| Summary | Runway excursion due to bad weather |
| Site | Chihuahua International Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Aircraft name | Yucatan |
| Operator | Aeromexico |
| Registration | XA-DEN |
| Flight origin | Monterey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport |
| Destination | Chihuahua International Airport |
| Occupants | 66 |
| Passengers | 60 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 32 (30 passengers, 2 crew) |
| Injuries | 34 |
| Survivors | 34 |
Aircraft involved edit
The plane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, (Registration XA-DEN), was delivered to Aeromexico in May of 1974, and was named Yucatan. At the time of the crash, it was 7 years old.[1]
Accident sequence edit
The flight was uneventful until landing at Chihuahua. There were isolated cumulonimbus clouds with strong squalls and showers during approach and landing. Upon touchdown, the aircraft bounced once and struck the ground; the aircraft then slid off the runway, broke up and caught on fire. Thirty-four passengers and crew were able to flee the wreckage; the smoke and fire caused the deaths of those that remained trapped.[2][3]
See also edit
- Swissair Flight 316 another fatal aviation crash where an aircraft overran the runway.
References edit
- ^ "XA-DEN Aeromexico McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30".
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua Airport (CUU)
- ^ "270781.htm". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
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