What the records say
- When
- 22 Dec 1974
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 9.75° N, 63.15° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 75
- Injured
- 0
Avensa Flight 358
1974 aviation accident
Avensa Flight 358 was a scheduled domestic flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela. On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 operating the flight crashed from the city of Maturín, killing all 75 people on board.
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