Flight 2605 by Western Airlines

Quand

31 oct. 1979

Type

Catastrophe aérienne

Coordonnées

19.44° N, 99.07° W

Description

Aviation accident

Deaths

72

Injured

14

1979 aviation accident in Mexico

Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico. On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a.m. CST (UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashed at Mexico City International Airport in fog after landing on a runway that was closed for maintenance.

Source : Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Lire l’article

• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes upon landing at Mexico City International Airport, killing 72 occupants plus one on the ground; 16 people on board survive »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « В Мехико потерпел катастрофу самолёт McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 американской авиакомпании Western Airlines, погибли 73 из 89 человек на борту »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « ocurre el accidente del Vuelo 2605 de Western Airlines en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source