Douglas DC-10 crash, Dec 21, 1999 (18 killed), Guatemala...
Douglas DC-10 accident on December 21, 1999 near Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala with 18 fatalities. Cause: Landing too far down the runway at...
- Date: December 21, 1999
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing too far down the runway at excessive speed, with a failure to initiate a go-around and to brake promptly, plus a probable tailwind and the runway surface condition, according to the Guatemalan authority's findings as summarised in the sources.
A Cubana charter flight CU1216 from Havana, operated by a leased AOM French Airlines DC-10, landed well down runway 19 at La Aurora with excessive speed. It could not stop in the remaining distance, overran the runway and went down an embankment into houses in La Libertad. Eighteen people were killed, including two on the ground, and dozens were injured.