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2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash

4 Jan 2008 · Off the Venezuelan coast near the Los Roques Archipelago

Let L-410 Turbolet · Ditching following dual engine failure

From Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to Los Roques Airport (LRV)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
14 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
14
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Let L-410 Turbolet

Aircraft type
Let L-410
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
YV2081
Operator
Transaven
Onboard fatalities
14
Route
From Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS)To Los Roques Airport (LRV)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

On 4 January 2008, a scheduled domestic Transaven flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Los Roques Airport, 118 km north of the departure airport and over water, radioed that both engines had failed and that they were descending through 3000 ft. The crew was going to attempt a ditching as close as possible to the Los Roques archipelago. Shortly thereafter, radio contact was lost and the plane disappeared from radar.

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Wikipedia article: 2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash
Article
2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash
Revision
1369198504 · 2026-08-13 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q736968
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash" (page 15078399, revision 1369198504)
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.