Air disaster

1983 Avensa Douglas DC-9 crash

11 Mar 1983 · 10.04° N, 69.36° W

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When
11 Mar 1983
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
10.04° N, 69.36° W
Description
1983 flight which crashed while landing
Deaths
23
Injured
27

Avensa Flight 007

1983 flight which crashed while landing

Avensa Flight 007 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 the runway and exploded. Twenty-two passengers and one crew member died.

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