Accident | |
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Date | 28 April 2017 |
Summary | Crashed in mountainous terrain |
Site | Near Candelaria, Artemisa Province, Cuba |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-26 |
Operator | Aerogaviota |
Registration | CU-T1406 |
Flight origin | Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana, Cuba |
Occupants | 8 |
Fatalities | 8 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 29 April 2017, an Antonov An-26 of Aerogaviota crashed northeast of the city of San Cristobal in the Loma de la Pimienta Mountain Range in the area near Las Terrazas, Cuba, killing all 8 people on board. [1] The aircraft departed Baracoa Airport and at the time of the accident there were no adverse weather conditions prevailing.
The aircraft was on a military flight from Playa Baracoa Airport, Havana. [2] It crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain, [3] near Candelaria, Artemisa Province. [4] Initially reported as a civil flight with 39 people on board, Cuban officials later confirmed that the flight was a military flight that had crashed, killing all eight people on board. [2]
The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces set up a commission to investigate the accident. [3]