Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940

When

31 Mar 1986

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

19.85° N, 100.29° W

Description

Aviation accident

Deaths

167

1986 aviation accident in Mexico

Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 was a scheduled international flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles with stopovers in Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlán. On March 31, 1986, the Boeing 727 Veracruz, registered as XA-MEM, crashed into El Carbón, a mountain in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range northwest of Mexico City. All 159 passengers and 8 crew members on board died in the crash.

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