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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Accident description |
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Date & Time |
05MAY2006 at 1535LT |
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Type of Aircraft |
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Operator |
Guardia Nacional de Venezuela |
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Registration |
GN-8168 |
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Location |
29 km SW of Caracas |
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Flight number |
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Schedule |
Puerto Ayacucho - Caracas |
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Construction number |
071 |
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Year of manufacture |
1981 |
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Crew on board |
4 |
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Pax on board |
1 |
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Crew fatalities |
4 |
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Pax fatalities |
1 |
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Other fatalities |
0 |
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Total fatalities |
5 |
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Circumstances |
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Enroute, while descending from 6,700 to 5,000 feet, the aircraft crashed in a mountainous terrain located 29 km southwest of Caracas. Rescue teams arrived on the crash site in the morning of 7 May. One crew member was seriously injured while all other occupant were fatally injured. The only survivor died few days later. |
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