Maiquetía – Barcelona

On August 19, 2017 at 04:00 PM, Maiquetía – Barcelona experienced a crash involving Learjet 25, operated by Aeroquest, with the event recorded near Naiguatá Vargas.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane departed Maiquetía-Símon Bolívar Airport at 0011LT for a 35 minutes flight to Barcelona. About five minutes after takeoff, while cruising at an altitude of 23,000 feet, the aircraft went out of control and plunged into the sea few km off Naiguatá, State of Vargas. It appeared the aircraft disintegrated on impact and few debris were found the following morning floating on water. All five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV3191, MSN 25-368, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.6205°, -66.7395°.