| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 09, 1999 |
| Time: | 19:03 |
| Location: | Near Uruapan, Mexico |
| Operator: | TAESA |
| Flight #: | 725 |
| Route: | Uruapan - Mexico City |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Registration: | XA-TKN |
| cn / ln: | 47418/570 |
| Aboard: | 18 (passengers:13 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 18 (passengers:13 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane was on a flight from Tujuana to Mexico City, with stops at Guadalajara and Uruapan. After reaching Uruapan, seventy-eight passengers deplaned.One minute after taking off from Uruapan, the crew declared an emergency without saying what was wrong. A few minutes later the plane went into a steep dive and crashed in a mountainous area 3.3 miles south of the airport. Some witnesses stated the plane was on fire before it hit the ground. |
Sources
Copyright © Richard Kebabjian / www.planecrashinfo.com