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Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 in Fonds-Verrettes: 11 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 2009
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FAU-531
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Port-au-Prince - Port-au-Prince
MSN:
187
YOM:
1981
Flight number:
UN146
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft departed Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture (ex François Duvalier) Airport on a border patrol mission on behalf of the MINUSTAH, the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti. On board were nine passengers and two pilots, among them Uruguayan and Jordan soldiers. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located some 20 km west of Fonds-Verrettes. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.