Santo Domingo - San Juan

On February 15, 1970 at 06:30 PM, Santo Domingo - San Juan experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by Dominicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Santo Domingo-Las Américas Santo Domingo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

102 people were known to be on board, 102 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 97, passenger fatalities: 97, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Two minutes after takeoff from runway 16 at Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport, while in initial climb, the pilot informed ATC that the right engine failed and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. Shortly later, the left engine failed as well. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and crashed into the Caribbean Sea about three km offshore. Few debris were floating on water and others sank by a depth of 300 meters. All 102 occupants were killed among them the Dominican boxer Carlos Teo Cruz, world lightweight champion as well as a large part of the Puerto Rico's National Women's Volleyball Team.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-177, MSN 47500/546, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.4655°, -69.8068°.