Port-au-Prince - Port-au-Prince

On October 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Port-au-Prince - Port-au-Prince experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar de Uruguay - TAMU, with the event recorded near Fonds-Verrettes West.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 11 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: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine aircraft departed Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture (ex François Duvalier) Airport on a border patrol mission on behalf of the MINUSTAH, the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti. On board were nine passengers and two pilots, among them Uruguayan and Jordan soldiers. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located some 20 km west of Fonds-Verrettes. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAU-531, MSN 187, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.3517°, -71.7971°.