Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 15 February 1970
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Owner/operator: Dominicana de Aviacion
Registration Number: HI-177
Location: 3 km off Santo Domingo-Las Amricas International Airport (SDQ) –
ÿ Dominican Republic
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 102 / Occupants: 102
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
A two-minute after takeoff, one engine of a commercial aircraft lost power. The crew initiated a right turn to return, resulting in rapid descent and impact with the sea, resulting in the deaths of the coach and eleven players of Puerto Rico?s women?s national volleyball team.A two-minute after takeoff, one engine of a commercial aircraft lost power. The crew initiated a right turn to return, resulting in rapid descent and impact with the sea, resulting in the deaths of the coach and eleven players of Puerto Rico?s women?s national volleyball team.
Description
About two minutes after takeoff one of the two engines lost power. The crew tried to return by initiating a right turn, but the aircraft descended rapidly until impacting the sea. Among those killed were the the coach and eleven players of Puerto Rico’s women’s national volleyball team.
Primary Cause
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