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5 aircraft accidents in Venezuela since 2000

List of the 5 aircraft accidents in Venezuela since 2000 :

Date :
Airline : Conviasa
Aircraft : ATR-42-320
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Location : Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
People on board : 51
Fatalities : 17
Conviasa ATR-42 with 51 people onboard crashes in Venezuela
The ATR-42-300 operated by Conviasa, took off from Porlamor, Venezuela for a passenger flight to Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. 47 passengers and 4 crew were onboard. The plane crashed while…
Date :
Airline : Santa Barbara Airlines
Aircraft : ATR-42-300
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Location : Merida, Venezuela
People on board : 46
Fatalities : 46
Santa Barbara Airlines ATR-42 with 46 people onboard crashes in Venezuela
The ATR 42-300 operated by local airline Santa Barbara took off in good weather from the high-altitude city of Merida, Venezuela, just before dusk bound to the capital of Caracas. It…
Date :
Airline : Transaven
Aircraft : Let 410
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Location : Off Los Roques, Venezuela
People on board : 14
Fatalities : 14
Transaven Let 410 with 14 people onboard crashes in Venezuela
The Let 410 belonging to Transaven took off from Caracas, capital of Venezuela, bound for Los Roques islands, a popular tourist spot 168 kilometers (104 miles) north of the Venezuelan…
Date :
Airline : West Caribbean Airways
Aircraft : MD-82
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Location : Machiques, Venezuela
People on board : 160
Fatalities : 160
West Caribbean Airways MD-82 with 160 people onboard crashes in Venezuela
The aircraft was on a passenger flight from Panama City, Panama to Fort de France on the Caribbean Island of Martinique. The crew announced intentions to divert to Caracas. Then the aircraft…
Date :
Airline : RAVSA
Aircraft : BAe Jetstream J-31
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Location : Caracas, Venezuela
People on board : 21
Fatalities : 3
RAVSA BAe Jetstream J-31 with 21 people onboard runs off the runway in Venezuela
The aircraft was on a passenger flight. During landing at Caracas' Simon Bolivar Airport, it skidded off the right side of the runway and impacted the airport fire house. Weather at the time…

Criteria for the inclusion of an airplane accident in our database

All airplane crashes that happened since January 1st 2000 and matching all the following criteria are part of this database:

  • The accident involves at least one public transport airplane. A flight is considered as public transport when it carries, from point A to point B, passengers or cargo for commercial purposes. Public transport operators must hold a national air operator’s certificate and an operating licence.
  • The accident involves at least one airplane having a maximum take off weight equal or more than 12,000 lb (5,7 tons). This corresponds to the definition of a large aeroplane in the sense of the civil aviation regulation. Airplanes in this category comply with more stringent regulations.
  • The accident resulted in a hull loss of at least one public transport airplane. Hull loss means the airplane is damage beyond repairs.

A few events in that database don’t match with those criteria, such as relevant events of flight tests aircraft, or military transport planes.