Douglas DC-8 crash, Dec 24, 1966, Mexico City-Benito Juar...
Douglas DC-8 accident on December 24, 1966 near Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico with no fatalities.
- Date: December 24, 1966
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A scheduled Aeronaves de Mexico DC 8 from New York landed short of Mexico City Benito Juarez Airport at night in poor visibility after the crew misjudged its altitude. The aircraft struck the ground, broke in two and came to rest on the dry bed of Lake Texcoco. All 109 occupants survived, 28 of them with injuries, and the aircraft was written off.