West Caribbean vol 708 - A Tombeau Ouvert

The ingredients of a disaster foretold: An airline in such a state of bankruptcy that airports refuse to deliver fuel Crews unpaid for months Inexperienced pilots with an old aircraft requiring a great deal of knowledge to operate properly A 21-year-old co-pilot who doesn't dare contradict the captain Terrible weather Takeoff after midnight... The West Caribbean Airlines flight never arrived at its destination (Fort de France). It crashed into a muddy field while flying over Venezuela. The death toll: 160. Final Report (FR): https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2005/hk-x... Sources: https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pil... https://www.rbogash.com/Safety/deep_s... https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag... http://www.rescate.com/HK-4374X.html https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/... https://contentzone.eurocontrol.int/a... Attributions and Credits All images are used in good faith and attributed whenever the attribution information is available. They are all used in a genuine belief that they were made available to the public for fair use. By Andrés Dallimonti - http://www.airliners.net/photo/West-C..., GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Paul Spijkers - Website: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Americ..., GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Dmitry Denisenkov (Canwolf) - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Iberia Airlines - Flickr: B-747, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Bill Larkins - DSTunitedOAK, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Joao Carlos Medau (https://secure.flickr.com/photos/medau/) - https://secure.flickr.com/photos/meda..., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Eduard Marmet - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Scandi..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland - 11gg - Northwest Airlines Boeing 727-251; N203US@FLL;30.01.1998, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland - TAROM BAC 1-11-500; YR-BCI@ZRH;02.10.1995, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By File:Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800; N3747D@LAX;10.10.2011 622in (6482376485).jpg: AeroIcarusderivative work: Altair78 - This file was derived from: Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800; N3747D@LAX;10.10.2011 622in (6482376485).jpg:, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Cory W. Watts from Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America - NWA DC-9, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Steve Fitzgerald - Website: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Luftha..., GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ariana... http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Pedro Aragão - Gallery page https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/91059... https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/6265..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By KGG1951, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Jeroen Stroes Aviation Photography from Netherlands - HB-JBD, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Rafael Luiz Canossa - IMG_9975, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Boeing_757-225_Farnborough_1982_Fitzgerald.jpg: Steve Fitzgerald derivative work: Altair78 (talk) - Boeing_757-225_Farnborough_1982_Fitzgerald.jpg, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland - 174ak - Flash Airlines Boeing 737-3Q8; SU-ZCF@ZRH;30.03.2002, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...