On 22 December 1974 Avensa Flight 358 took off on runway 05 from Maturín Airport

Maturín Airport

José Tadeo Monagas International Airport , is International Airport José Tadeo Monagas, Venezuela is an airport located in the city of Maturin, Monagas State in eastern Venezuela....

 on a flight to Simón Bolívar International Airport

Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)

Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Venezuela, about 13 miles from downtown Caracas....

 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...

. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 had 67 passengers and 6 crew on the on board. Five minutes after takeoff from Maturín Airport

Maturín Airport

José Tadeo Monagas International Airport , is International Airport José Tadeo Monagas, Venezuela is an airport located in the city of Maturin, Monagas State in eastern Venezuela....

 both engines shut down. Then the pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed near the city of Maturin

Maturin

Maturin may refer to* The city of Maturín in Venezuela* The fictional character Stephen Maturin from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin books.* The fictional character Maturin, one of the guardians of the beams, from Stephen King's The Dark Tower , and It .* The author Charles Robert Maturin .* The...

, 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...

killing all 77 on board.