- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 05, 1991
Time: 1615
Location: La Puerta, Venezuela
Operator: Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Flight #: 108
Route: Maracaibo - Santa Barbara de Zulia
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Registration: YV-23C
cn / ln: 47720/846
Aboard: 45   (passengers:40  crew:5)
Fatalities: 45   (passengers:40  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed into the Las Torres plateau in the Andes mountains on a flight from Maracaibo to Santa Barbara de Zulia. The mountain was shrouded in clouds. Controlled flight into terrain. The point of impact was considerably off course.
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