Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1976 |
Time: | 17:24 |
Type: | Douglas DC-8-43 |
Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
Registration: | CU-T1201 |
MSN: | 45611/127 |
First flight: | 1961 |
Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Conway 508-12 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48 |
Total: | Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 73 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 8 km (5 mls) W off Bridgetown International Airport (BGI) ( Barbados) |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Bridgetown-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB), Barbados |
Kingston-Norman Manley International Airport (KIN/MKJP), Jamaica | |
Flightnumber: | CU455 |