- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 14, 1974
Time: 0920
Location: Margarita Island, Venezuela
Operator: Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Flight #: ?
Route: Cumana - Porlamar
AC Type: Vickers Viscount 749
Registration: YV-C-AMX
cn / ln: 095
Aboard: 49   (passengers:45  crew:4)
Fatalities: 49   (passengers:45  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: In accordance with ATC, the crew divert to Cumaná Airport and while completing a turn to change heading, the plane struck the peak La Gloria located10 km northeast of Porlamar Airport.
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