 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
.jpg) A L-410 Turbolet similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) |
| Summary | Stalled shortly after take-off due to engine flameout |
| Site | El Embrujo Airport, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Let L-410 Turbolet |
| Operator | West Caribbean Airways |
| IATA flight No. | YH9955 |
| ICAO flight No. | WCW9955 |
| Call sign | WEST 9955 |
| Registration | HK-4146 |
| Flight origin | El Embrujo Airport |
| Destination | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport |
| Occupants | 14 |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Injuries | 5 |
| Survivors | 5 |
West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955 was a scheduled flight between Isla de Providencia and San Andres Island, Colombia that crashed on 26 March 2005, killing 9 of the 14 passengers and crew on board.
Accident
The aircraft, a Let L-410 Turbolet, had just taken off from El Embrujo Airport at 9:50, when the left engine flamed out. The crew continued with the takeoff, but the speed of the aircraft decreased rapidly. The aircraft then banked dangerously too far to the right and stalled. The aircraft crashed into a mangrove forest, located just 113 metres (371 ft) from the airport runway.
Both pilots and 7 of the 12 passengers were killed in the crash. One passenger initially survived the crash, but succumbed to their injuries shortly after being rescued. The survivors were taken to hospitals in San Andrés and Bogotá.
Aftermath
This crash further worsened the already critical situation that had been facing West Caribbean Airways. Only 5 months later, the airline suffered another fatal and even deadlier accident on 16 August 2005, when Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed in Venezuela killing all 160 people on board which further worsened the company's image. The airline ceased operations in October of the same year.
See also
References
- Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E HK-4146 Providencia-El Embrujo Airport (PVA)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2005-03-27). "8 MUERTOS AL CAER AVIÓN EN PROVIDENCIA" [8 DEAD ON FALLING AIRPLANE IN PROVIDENCIA]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-05.
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 2005 (2005) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 30 RAF Hercules shootdownFeb 3 Kam Air Flight 904Feb 20 British Airways Flight 268Mar 6 Air Transat Flight 961Mar 15 Loganair Islander accidentMar 16 Regional Airlines Flight 9288Mar 25 West Caribbean Airways Flight 9955Apr 2 Nias Island Sea King crashMay 3 Airwork Flight 23May 7 Lockhart River air disasterJun 9 Logan Airport runway incursionJul 16 Equatorial Express Airlines An-24 crashAug 2 Air France Flight 358Aug 6 Tuninter Flight 1153Aug 10 Copterline Flight 103Aug 14 Helios Airways Flight 522Aug 16 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708Aug 23 TANS Perú Flight 204Sep 5 Mandala Airlines Flight 091Sep 21 JetBlue Flight 292Oct 22 Bellview Airlines Flight 210Dec 6 Iranian Air Force C-130 crashDec 8 Southwest Airlines Flight 1248Dec 10 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145Dec 19 Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101Dec 23 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 | |
| 2004 ◄ ► 2006 |
 | This article about an aviation accident is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |