San Juan - Santo Domingo

On September 5, 1993 at 12:00 AM, San Juan - Santo Domingo experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, 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 landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

105 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 105 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 98, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Twenty minutes after takeoff from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marin Airport, while in cruising altitude, a steward noticed smoke in the lavatory and informed the crew accordingly. In the meantime, the crew noticed a fire alarm in the cockpit, declared an emergency and became number one for landing at Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport. Following a normal approach and landing, the crew vacated the runway and parked the aircraft at gate A6. While the passengers was disemmarking, smoke spread in the cabin and fire erupted, destroying the airplane.

Aircraft reference details include registration HI-617CA, MSN 20726, year of manufacture 1973.

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