Aerocaribbean Flight 883
| Aerocaribbean Flight 883 | |
|---|---|
 The aircraft involved in the accident at Aeropuerto Playa Baracoa in October |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control |
| place |
Guasimal , Sancti Spíritus , Province of Sancti Spíritus 21 ° 44 ′ 39.1 " N , 79 ° 28 ′ 15.5" W |
| date | November 4, 2010 |
| Fatalities | 68 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | ATR 72-212 |
| operator | Aerocaribbean |
| Mark | CU-T1549 |
| Departure airport | Aéroport international Toussaint Louverture , Port-au-Prince |
| Stopover | Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo , Santiago de Cuba |
| Destination airport | Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí , Havana |
| Passengers | 61 |
| crew | 7th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
Aerocaribbean flight 883 was a twice-weekly scheduled international flight from Port-au-Prince , Haiti , to Havana , Cuba with a stopover in Santiago de Cuba . On November 4, 2010, an ATR 72-212 of the Cuban airline Aerocaribbean had an accident near the town of Guasimal in the Municipio Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba. On board were 61 passengers and seven crew members, all of whom were killed.
Course of the accident and investigations into the cause
The machine was on a domestic flight from Santiago de Cuba to Havana on the evening of November 4th . The ATR took off from Santiago at 4:30 p.m. local time . At around 5:46 p.m., the pilots reported problems due to icing to the ground control center and asked for permission to change to a lower altitude. Immediately afterwards, they lost control of the aircraft and reported the emergency by radio.
Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed near Guasimal in mountainous terrain near the Sierra del Escambray . According to eyewitness reports, the plane was said to have flown quite low and restlessly before it crashed. Smoke and fire were also seen emerging from the machine. The flight recorders of the aircraft involved in the accident were recovered the following day .
It is unclear whether there is a connection with Hurricane Tomas , which was approaching at the time of the start of the aircraft involved in the accident in Santiago de Cuba , which caused strong winds and heavy rainfall in eastern Cuba. Flight Aerocaribbean 883 was one of the last aircraft to leave Santiago de Cuba. After that, the airspace was closed because of the approaching tropical storm .
The Cuban authorities announced that they would investigate the accident without foreign help. You have all the necessary prerequisites for this. External support such as an expert group from the manufacturer of the crashed aircraft, Avions de Transport Régional , was rejected by the Cuban authorities.
On December 15, 2010, the Cuban Civil Aviation Authority announced that the cause of the accident was a mixture of icing of the aircraft due to extreme weather conditions and errors by the crew in handling this situation. As a result, the flight was initially normal until the aircraft encountered extreme weather conditions at an altitude of 20,000 feet .
Victim
In addition to the seven crew members, there were 33 other Cubans and 28 foreign tourists on board the aircraft involved in the accident, including two Germans, two Australians, an Italian, nine Argentinians, a Spaniard, three Dutch, a French, a Japanese, a Venezuelan and seven Mexicans.
The plane involved in the accident
The aircraft with the serial number 459 and the aircraft registration number CU-T1549 had completed a total of around 25,000 flight hours and around 34,500 take-offs and landings by the time it crashed. The aircraft was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 engines. The aircraft, which was completed in November 1995, has been operated by Aerocaribbean since October 2006. The accident was the third worst overall in the history of Cuban aviation. It was also the eleventh loss of an ATR 72 and the worst accident with this type of aircraft to date.
Comparable events
- Aero Trasporti Italiani flight 460 on October 15, 1987 with an ATR 42-300 .
- American Eagle Flight 4184 on October 31, 1994 with an ATR 72-200 .
- Comair flight 3272 on January 9, 1997 with an Embraer EMB 120 .
- TransAsia Airways flight 791 on December 21, 2002 with an ATR 72-200 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cuban passenger plane crashed ( memento from November 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), tagesschau.de from November 5, 2010
- ↑ a b c Accident report ATR-72 CU-T1549 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 20, 2019.
- ^ Reconstrucción del Accidente Aéreo de Cuba. Vuelo 883 de un ATR 72-212 Animation simulation with the original radio traffic on YouTube, accessed on November 4, 2013
- ↑ Crashed Cuban plane trailed smoke, flame: witnesses , Reuters of November 5, 2010
- ↑ a b Juan Antonio Borrego: Cuba tiene plena capacidad para investigar la tragedia aérea. In: Granma. November 6, 2010, archived from the original on November 10, 2010 ; Retrieved April 6, 2014 .
- ^ Mauricio Vicent: Cuba investiga la peor catástrofe aérea en 20 años ( Spanish ) El País . November 6, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ↑ a b Plane crash: No Austrians on board , Der Standard from November 6, 2010
- ↑ Cuba investigará el accidente con sus propios medios y sin ayuda externa - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , EFE in abc.es dated November 6, 2010
- ↑ Congelamiento Severo de avión de Aerocaribbean Causo el accidente , Cubadebate of 15 December 2010
- ^ Australians killed in Cuba plane crash , Australian Broadcasting Corporation of November 6, 2010
- ↑ Prosiguen las Investigaciones y rescate de Cadáveres en lugar del accidente aéreo , Cubadebate from November 5, 2010
- ↑ ATR statement on Aero Caribbean Flight 883 ( English ) Alenia Aeronautica (press release). November 5, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved on November 8, 2010.
