Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108
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Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 took off from La Chinita International Airport
La Chinita International Airport
-Accidents and incidents:*On 1 November 1971, Vickers Viscount YV-C-AMZ of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana crashed shortly after take-off. All four people on board were killed....

 on March 5, 1991, on a short haul flight to Santa Barbara Ed-L Delicias Airport in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 with 45 passengers and crew. But some minutes later the McDonnell Douglas DC-9
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.The DC-9 was followed in subsequent modified forms by...

 crashed and burst into flames on the side of a foggy mountain. All 45 people on the DC-9 died. Flight 108 crashed near La Valesa in the La Aguada sector of the páramo Los Torres.

Cause

A investigation into the accident found that the cause of the crash was pilot error. The pilots inadvertently entered the wrong radial into their navigation system and went off course. Because of the fog the pilots did not know they were on a collision course with the mountain.
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