Santo Domingo - Havana

On April 20, 2008 at 02:30 PM, Santo Domingo - Havana experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-62, operated by Cubana 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.

117 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 117 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 109, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minute after takeoff from Santo Domingo-Las Américas Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 25,000 feet, some 83 km from Santo Domingo, the captain informed ATC about the explosion of the engine n°2 and that a cabin decompression occurred. The crew was cleared for an immediate return and the aircraft landed uneventful few minutes later. All 117 occupants evacuated safely. However, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair due to severe damages to the engines n°2 and n°1 as well as the fuselage because debris of the engine n°2 punctured the fuselage and came to rest in the cabin.

Aircraft reference details include registration CU-T1283, MSN 4053823, year of manufacture 1991.

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