1999-12-25: Cubana de Aviación Flight 310

22 fatalities • Venezuela

Accident narrative

Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 was a scheduled international flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Arturo Michelena International Airport, Valencia, Venezuela, which crashed near Bejuma, Venezuela, on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1999. All 10 passengers and 12 crew on board were killed.

== Aircraft == The aircraft involved was a Yakovlev Yak-42D, registration CU-T1285. The aircraft was manufactured in 1991 as msn 4520424914068.

== Accident == The flight had departed José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, bound for Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Due to mudslides and flooding, the flight was diverted to Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia. The aircraft was held for 40 minutes. The pilots called Air Traffic Control at Valencia Airport to say that they were descending from 8,000 feet (2,400 m) to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to get ready to approach. As Flight 310 started its approach to Valencia Airport, the aircraft struck the San Luis Hill. The aircraft crashed near the town of Bejuma. All 22 passengers and crew died in the crash, which happened at 20:18 local time (00:48, 26 December UTC). The location of the crash was 10°11.5′N 68°08.8′W.

== Passengers and crew == The nationalities of the victims of Flight 310 were-

== See also ==

Cubana de Aviación accidents and incidents

== References ==

== External links == Photo of wreckage

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Investigation report by Wikidata contributors. Original record: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5192131. This page is a structured re-presentation; facts and quotes are in the CC0 (Wikidata).

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