Convair CV-240 crash, Jan 25, 1970 (18 killed), Poza Rica...
Convair CV-240 accident on January 25, 1970 near Poza Rica Veracruz, Mexico with 18 fatalities.
- Date: January 25, 1970
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: Poza Rica Veracruz, Mexico
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Convair CV240 chartered by a Mexican government agency to carry journalists to a presidential campaign event crashed on approach to Poza Rica. Low clouds hid the runway, and the captain descended through a gap in the clouds into Vega Hill about six km short of the airfield, killing 18 of the occupants.