| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 21, 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Location: | Merida, Venezuela |
| Operator: | Santa Barbara Airlines |
| Flight #: | 518 |
| Route: | Merida - Caracas |
| AC Type: | ATR-42-300 |
| Registration: | YV-1449 |
| cn / ln: | 028 |
| Aboard: | 46 (passengers:43 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 46 (passengers:43 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Struck a mountain at 13,500 feet and disintegrated shortly after departing Merida. Preliminary information released, indicates the crew departed Mérida with inoperative navigation equipment and subsequently became disoriented in the mountainous terrain surrounding the airport, crashing into the side of a mountain while trying to determine their location. |
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