Crash of a Beechcraft D18S near Tapijulapa: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 11, 1968
Registration:
XA-POJ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tapachula – Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Villahermosa
MSN:
A-134
YOM:
1946
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
On the leg from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Villahermosa, the weather conditions deteriorated and the crew elected to divert to an alternate terrain for a safe landing when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located near Tapijulapa. All six occupants were killed.
