Air disaster

Air Caribbean Flight 309

26 Sep 1978 · 18.44° N, 66.01° W

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When
26 Sep 1978
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
18.44° N, 66.01° W
Description
fatal 1978 airliner crash in Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
Deaths
6

Air Caribbean Flight 309

Fatal 1978 airliner crash in Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico

Air Caribbean Flight 309 was a domestic, non-scheduled airline flight by Puerto Rican airline Air Caribbean, which on Tuesday, September 26th, 1978, crashed as it was preparing to land at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, after a flight from Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, killing all six occupants of the aircraft and injuring several customers of a Barrio Obrero bar into which the airplane fell.

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