Caracas – Los Roques

On January 4, 2008 at 09:10 AM, Caracas – Los Roques experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by Transaven - Transporte Aéreo Venezuela, with the event recorded near Los Roques Los Roques Federal Dependencies.

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

14 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. At 0858LT, while cruising at an altitude of 7,500 feet some 83 km from the destination, the crew reported his position to ATC. About 10 minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the captain declared an emergency following a double engine failure. The aircraft lost height and crashed in the sea some 29 km off Los Roques Airport. Few debris were found floating on water and all 14 occupants were killed, among them 8 Italians, one Swiss and five Venezuelans. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor. On 19 June 2013, an Italian-Venezuelan search team found the wreckage at a depth of 974 metres.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV2081, MSN 87 20 15, year of manufacture 1987.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.9460°, -66.6701°.