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Cubana de Aviación Flight 310

1999 aircraft accident in Venezuela

Field	Value
name	Cubana de Aviación Flight 310
occurrence_type	Accident
image	Yak-42D CU-T1285, Santiago de Cuba 14Dec93.jpg
caption	CU-T1285, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1993 with a previous livery
date
type	Controlled flight into terrain
site	Bejuma, Venezuela
coordinates
aircraft_type	Yakovlev Yak-42
operator	Cubana de Aviación
IATA	CU310
ICAO	CUB310
callsign	CUBANA 310
tail_number	CU-T1285
origin	José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba
destination	Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela
occupants	22
passengers	10
crew	12
fatalities	22
survivors	0

Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 was a scheduled international flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Arturo Michelena International Airport, Valencia, Venezuela, which crashed near Bejuma, Venezuela, on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1999. All 10 passengers and 12 crew on board were killed.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Yakovlev Yak-42D, registration CU-T1285.

Accident

The flight had departed José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, bound for Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Due to mudslides and flooding, the flight was diverted to Arturo Michelena International Airport in Valencia. The aircraft was held for 40 minutes.

The pilots called Air Traffic Control at Valencia Airport to say that they were descending from 8000 ft to 4000 ft to get ready to approach. As Flight 310 started its approach to Valencia Airport, the aircraft struck the San Luis Hill. The aircraft crashed near the town of Bejuma. All 22 passengers and crew died in the crash, which happened at 20:18 local time (00:48, 26 December UTC).

Passengers and crew

The nationalities of the victims of Flight 310 were-

Country	Passengers	Crew	Total
Cuba	4	12	16
Venezuela	4	–	4
Netherlands	2	–	2
Total	10	12	22

References

"Accidents and terrorism". urrib2000.
"Accident synopsis". Air Disaster.
"Accident description". Aviation Safety Network.
"Occurrence report". International Civil Aviation Organization.
(26 December 1999). "No survivors in Venezuela plane crash". BBC News Online.

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