Acapulco - Guadalajara

On November 8, 1981 at 12:00 AM, Acapulco - Guadalajara experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by AeroMéxico, with the event recorded near Zihuatanejo Guerrero.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Thirty-five minutes after takeoff from Acapulco-General Juan N. Álvarez Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 31,000 feet, the aircraft suffered a cabin decompression. The crew declared an emergency and was cleared to reduce his altitude and to return to Acapulco for an emergency landing. Few minutes later, at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain and crashed in the Sierra of Guerro, about 65 km east of Zihuatanejo. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 18 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-DEO, MSN 47622/753, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.6383°, -101.5594°.