943

On July 12, 1980 at 12:00 AM, 943 experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile, with the event recorded near Santiago de Chile Región Metropolitana de Santiago.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 16 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.9%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the crew encountered technical problems and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located 40 km east of Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport. A passenger was killed while 16 other occupants were injured, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration 943, MSN 396, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -33.4055°, -70.5744°.