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Colombian plane crashed in Venezuela (4): West Carribean Airways has skeleton in the cupboard

Caracas, Venezuela - Early this year it got a spot fine because infringed the Reglamento Aeronáutico Colombiano

The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to West Carribean Airways had been chartered by the "Globe Trotters" travel agency in Martinique. It is the second air accident involving the Medellin-based carrier in 2005: a Let L-410 aircraft departing from Providencia, Colombia, failed to ascend and hit hills close to the runway. Two crew and six passengers died. Besides the Let-410 and MD-81/2 planes, Colombian...

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Rome, Italy, 08/17/2005 18:11
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