1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash

1949 aircraft accident in Mexico 1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash XA-DUH image.jpg XA-DUH, the aircraft involved in the accident 26 September 1949 Controlled flight into terrain Accident Popocatépetl 24 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Ixtepec, Oaxaca Oaxaca City Tapachula Mexico City Douglas DC-3A Mexicana de Aviacion XA-DUH 24 21 3 0 The 1949 Mexicana de Aviación DC-3 crash was an aviation accident on 26 September 1949, when a Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-3 en route to Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico crashed into the Popocatépetl volcano, killing all 24 people on board. The aircraft, registered as XA-DUH,ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3A XA-DUH Mount Popocatepetl https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490926-0 Aviation Safety Network Flight Safety Foundation 16 January 2022 was flying from Tapachula on a route that originated in Tuxtla Gutiérrez with intermediate stops in Ixtepec and Oaxaca. The dead included actress Blanca Estela Pavón and senator Gabriel Ramos Millan.24 August 2017 Blanca Estela Pavón y el campesino que informó su muerte a orillas del Popo Blanca Estela Pavón and the peasant who reported her death on the banks of the Popo https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/blanca-estela-pavon-y-el-campesino-que-informo-su-muerte-orillas-del-popo es The DC-3's pilot was identified as Alfonso Reboul Lasscassies.19 May 2021 La trágica muerte de Blanca Estela Pavón en el Popocatépetl: "presintió" que su fin se acercaba The tragic death of Blanca Estela Pavón in Popocatépetl: "she had a presentiment" that her end was approaching https://amomama.es/159236-tragica-muerte-de-blanca-estela-pavon-ba.html es Notably, in December of the same year, another DC-3 of the same airline also had an accident; the second one killing all 17 people on board.Accident Douglas DC-3A XA-DUK, Friday 16 December 1949 https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/336264 Accident The DC-3 left Tapachula at 12:40 local time, for a one hour flight to Mexico City. According to investigations, the DC-3 flying the route that day faced severe turbulence as it arrived over Mexico City. The pilot communicated with an air force base, telling them they were near the volcano.Barrios Carlos 2021-07-06 Viaje sin regreso. Así quedó la avioneta donde Blanca Estela Pavón murió trágicamente Trip without return. This is how the plane where Blanca Estela Pavón tragically died https://www.debate.com.mx/show/Viaje-sin-regreso.-Asi-quedo-la-avioneta-donde-Blanca-Estela-Pavon-murio-tragicamente--20210706-0135.html es The airplane was completely destroyed.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-GlaQTfziY El Triste Final De Blanca Estela Pavón. La Chorreada es The Sad Ending Of Blanca Estela Pavón. the squirt YouTube Other information The famous Mexican writer and later politician, Andrés Henestrosa, was supposed to be on the flight with his friend, senator Ramos Millan. Henestrosa had a premonition and he boarded a train to Mexico City instead.12 November 2019 Especial: Así murió Blanca Estela Pavón, entrañable compañera de Infante Special: This is how Blanca Estela Pavón, Infante's close companion, died https://www.cronica.com.mx/notas-asi_murio_blanca_estela_pavon_entranable_companera_de_infante-1136821-2019 es 21 September 2021 21 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210921100758/https://www.cronica.com.mx/notas-asi_murio_blanca_estela_pavon_entranable_companera_de_infante-1136821-2019 dead See also List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft References Mexicana DC-3 crash Category:Mexicana de Aviación accidents and incidents Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Mexico Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 Category:September 1949 in Mexico