Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 · Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport
On August 29, 1998, Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 (Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport). 70 people died.
- Date
- August 29, 1998
- Place
- Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Operator
- Cubana de Aviación
- Killed
- 70
- Injured
- 39
- Position
- 0.250°S, 78.583°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q6164961
From Wikipedia
Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 (CU389/CUB389) was a scheduled international passenger flight, flying from the former Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito to Havana's José Martí International Airport, with a stopover at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Guayaquil, operated by Cuban flag carrier Cubana de Aviación.
On 29 August 1998, the aircraft operating the domestic Quito-Guayaquil leg of the flight, a Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154M overran the runway, smashing buildings and crashed into a soccer field in Quito while taking off from the airport. The aircraft burst into flames and 70 people on board were killed. A total of 10 people on the ground, including children, were killed.
The crash is the second-deadliest crash in the history of Ecuador after the 1983 TAME Flight 173's 119 fatalities.
Text from Wikipedia, “Cubana de Aviación Flight 389”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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