Western Airlines Flight 2605
- Western Airlines Flight 2605
Infobox Aircraft crash
date = October 31, 1979
type = Pilot error
site = Benito Juarez Int'l Airport Mexico City, Mexico coord|19|26|11|N|99|04|20|W|type:airport
aircraft_type = McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
operator = Western Airlines
tail_number = N903WA
origin = Los Angeles
destination = Benito Juarez Int'l Airport
passengers = 77
crew = 13
injuries =
fatalities = 72
survivors = 17
On October 31, 1979, Western Airlines Flight 2605, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 flying from Los Angeles to Mexico City, landed on a closed runway at Benito Juarez International Airport in early morning fog and burst into flames after striking a parked automobile. 72 of the 89 people aboard, including 11 of 13 crew, were killed. [http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1979/1979-72.htm] [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=34511&key=0 NTSB summary] ]
The DC-10-10 had been assigned runway 23R but landed on the closed twin runway 23L.
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