Douglas DC-3 crash, Sep 26, 1949 (24 killed), Mt Popocaté...
Douglas DC-3 accident on September 26, 1949 near Mt Popocatépetl Puebla, Mexico with 24 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after severe...
- Date: September 26, 1949
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Mt Popocatépetl Puebla, Mexico
- Fatalities: 24
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after severe turbulence on arrival over Mexico City.
A Mexicana de Aviacion DC 3A XA-DUH on a scheduled service from Tuxtla Gutierrez to Mexico City struck the slope of Popocatepetl on 26 September 1949. All 24 people on board, three crew and 21 passengers, were killed.