- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 10, 1991
Time: 1800
Location: Near Paramo Mucuti, Venezuela
Operator: Military - Venezuelan Navy
Flight #: ?
Route: Caracas - Merida
AC Type: CASA 212 Aviocar 200
Registration: ARV-0209
cn / ln: 264
Aboard: 22   (passengers:19  crew:3)
Fatalities: 21   (passengers:18  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into Paramo Mucuti Mountain, 35 miles from it's destination of Merida. The last message from the pilot was he was unable to land because of adverse weather conditions and was declaring an emergency. The flight was transporting a funeral party for a Navy flyer killed a few days before. The only survivor was another Navy flyer who had also survived the earlier accident.
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