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Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 
An AOM French Airlines DC-10 similar to the accident aircraftAccident summary Date 21 December 1999 Type Runway overrun Site La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala Passengers 296 Crew 18 Injuries 37 + 20 on ground Fatalities 16 + 2 on ground Survivors 298 Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Operator Cubana de Aviación Tail number F-GTDI Flight origin José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba Destination La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 that overran the runway at Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport on 21 December 1999. Eight passengers and eight crew members on board were killed as well as two people on the ground.
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Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registration F-GTDI, leased by Cubana de Aviación from AOM French Airlines. The aircraft was just under 27 years old and had flown 85,760 hours at the time of the accident.[1]
Accident
Flight 1216 was a special charter transporting Guatemalan students home from universities in Cuba.[2] The aircraft took off from José Martí International Airport in Cuba with 296 passengers and 18 crew on board.[1] After a two hour flight the aircraft was cleared to land on Runway 19 at La Aurora International Airport. On landing the pilots were unable to stop the aircraft and it ran off the end of the runway and down a slope, crashing into ten houses. The accident killed 18 people in all: eight passengers and eight crew members on board the aircraft, and two occupants of the houses.[3] 298 passengers and crew survived, however 37 passengers and crew and another 20 on the ground were injured in the accident.[3] The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the accident.
Cause
The accident was investigated by the Sección de Investigación de Accidentes of Guatemala's Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. The investigation found that the aircraft touched down too far along the wet runway with insufficient deceleration, and that the crew had failed to initiate a go-around.[3]
References
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Aug 22 China Airlines Flight 642
Aug 31 LAPA Flight 3142
Sep 14 Britannia Airways Flight 226A
Sep 23 Qantas Flight 1
Oct 11 Air Botswana incident
Oct 25 South Dakota Learjet crashOct 31 EgyptAir Flight 990
Dec 07 Asian Spirit Flight 100
Dec 21 Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216
Dec 22 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
Dec 24 Indian Airlines Flight 814
Dec 25 Cubana de Aviación Flight 310Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics. Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps.Categories:- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1999
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Guatemala
- Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Runway overruns
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