1978 Punta Mulatos Linea Aeropostal Venezolana HS-748 crash
LAV (Línea Aeropostal Venezolana) Hawker Siddeley HS 748-283 Srs. 2A · Crashed after take-off with instrument problem
From Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS) to Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM)
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
- 47 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- 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
Hawker Siddeley HS 748-283 Srs. 2A
- Aircraft type
- Hawker Siddeley HS-748
- 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
- YV-45C
- Onboard fatalities
- 47
- Route
- From Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS)To Antonio José de Sucre Airport (CUM)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1978 LAV HS 748 accident occurred on 3 March 1978 when Hawker Siddeley HS 748 YV-45C, of LAV (Línea Aeropostal Venezolana), crashed into the sea close to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport, Venezuela. All 46 on board were killed.
Accident
Two minutes after takeoff from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport, on a domestic flight to Cumaná Airport, the pilots declared an emergency and said they were returning to the airport due to problems with an attitude indicator. The aircraft crashed into the sea killing all 43 passengers and three crew. Due to the depth of the water it was not possible to recover major parts of the aircraft.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1978 Punta Mulatos Linea Aeropostal Venezolana HS-748 crash
- Revision
- 1348647953 · 2026-04-13 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q19574753
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1978 Punta Mulatos Linea Aeropostal Venezolana HS-748 crash" (page 45472953, revision 1348647953)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- 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 (2)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
- The article contradicts itself on the fatalities: its text says all 46 on board were killed; its infobox (used here) gives 43 passengers, 4 crew and 47 fatalities.