What the records say
- When
- 21 Sep 1969
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 19.44° N, 99.07° W
- Description
- 1969 aviation accident
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801
1969 aviation accident in Mexico
Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801 was a scheduled international flight from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport in Illinois bound for Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City. On September 21, 1969, the Boeing 727-100 crashed during its final approach to Mexico City International Airport. The aircraft broke apart upon impact, killing 27 of the 118 occupants on board. The cause of the crash was never determined.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа Boeing 727 в Мехико”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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