WEST CARIBBEAN
AIRWAYS FLIGHT 708

On August 16,
2005, a Columbian jet traveling from Panama to the French Caribbean
island of Martinique crashed in Venezuela after both engines failed,
killing all 160 passengers and crew in the country’s worst air
disaster. The pilots reported engine problems to Venezuelan
air-traffic controllers at 3:07 a.m. The controllers lost radio
contact 10 minutes later.
To read
the preliminary accident report click here
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