Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 was a scheduled international flight from
José Martí International Airport
José Martí International Airport , sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport (''Aeropuerto de Rancho Boyeros''), (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí'') is an international airport located in the ...
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Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Arturo Michelena International Airport
Arturo Michelena International Airport is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela. The airport was named after artist Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia. It is a hub for Turpial Airlines and was once a secondary hub for A ...
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Valencia, Venezuela
Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay m ...
, which crashed near
Bejuma
Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.
Geography
Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.
The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Montane Forests ecoregion, and the major ...
, Venezuela, on 25 December 1999. All 10 passengers and 12 crew on board were killed.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a
Yakovlev Yak-42
The Yakovlev Yak-42 (; NATO reporting name: "Clobber") is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s to replace the technically obsolete Tupolev Tu-134. It was the first airliner produced in the Soviet Union ...
D, registration CU-T1285. The aircraft was manufactured in 1991 as msn 4520424914068.,
Accident
The flight had departed
José Martí International Airport
José Martí International Airport , sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport (''Aeropuerto de Rancho Boyeros''), (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí'') is an international airport located in the ...
,
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Due to mudslides and flooding, the flight was diverted to
Arturo Michelena International Airport
Arturo Michelena International Airport is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela. The airport was named after artist Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia. It is a hub for Turpial Airlines and was once a secondary hub for A ...
in
Valencia
Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...
. The aircraft was held for 40 minutes.
The pilots called Air Traffic Control at Valencia Airport to say that they were descending from to to get ready to approach. As Flight 310 started its approach to Valencia Airport, the aircraft struck the San Luis Hill. The aircraft crashed near the town of
Bejuma
Bejuma is a small town in Carabobo State, Venezuela, seat of the Bejuma Municipality.
Geography
Bejuma is located at 667 metres over sea level.
The municipality of Bejuma lies in the Cordillera La Costa Montane Forests ecoregion, and the major ...
. All 22 passengers and crew died in the crash, which happened at 20:18 local time (00:48, 26 December
UTC
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). The location of the crash was .
Passengers and crew
The nationalities of the victims of Flight 310 were-