Aeroméxico Flight 110
| Aeroméxico Flight 110 | |
|---|---|
 An identical DC-9-32 from Aeroméxico |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Collision with Berg after pressure drop in the aircraft |
| place | Sierra de Guerro, 65 km east of Zihuatanejo , Mexico
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| date | November 8, 1981 |
| Fatalities | 18th |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Douglas DC-9-32
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| operator |
Aeroméxico
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| Mark |
XA-DEO
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| Surname | Tijuana |
| Departure airport |
Acapulco Airport , Mexico
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| Destination airport |
Guadalajara Airport , Mexico
|
| Passengers | 12 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On November 8, 1981, a Douglas DC-9-32 of Aeroméxico , with which a domestic scheduled flight from Acapulco to Guadalajara was to be operated, crashed on Aeroméxico flight 110 (flight number IATA : AM110 , ICAO : AMX110 , radio call sign: AEROMEXICO 110 ) , 65 Kilometers east of Zihuatanejo . All 18 occupants died in the accident.
plane
The affected machine was a Douglas DC-9-32, which was finally assembled at the McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach , California . The aircraft had the factory number 47622, it was the 753. Douglas DC-9 from ongoing production. The machine was rolled out on September 26, 1974, and on November 15, 1974 the machine was delivered to Aeroméxico, where it went into operation with the aircraft registration XA-DEO and the name Tijuana . The twin narrow-body aircraft was equipped with two Turbojettriebwerken type Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 equipped.
Passengers and crew
The flight from Acapulco airport to airport Guadalajara had begun 12 passengers. There was a six-person crew on board the machine, consisting of a flight captain , a first officer and four flight attendants .
the accident
On the flight from Acapulco to Guadalajara at a cruising altitude of 31,000 feet and after about 35 minutes of flight time, there was a problem with the cabin pressure . The captain announced by radio that he wanted to return to Acapulco. He initiated an emergency descent. Over the mountains of the Sierra de Guerro, the machine collided with a mountain at an altitude of 6,000 feet, killing all 18 occupants.
root cause
Failure to follow emergency procedures was found to be the cause of the accident.
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- Accident report DC-9-32, XA-DEO in the Aviation Safety Network
- Operating history of the machine on planespotters.net
- Accident report DC-9-32, XA-DEO , B3A - Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives