Aeroméxico Flight 110
Aeromexico McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Crashed during emergency descent due to pilot error following cabin depressurization
From General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA) to Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)
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
- 18 · 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
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
- Flight
- AM110
- Aircraft type
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- 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
- XA-DEO
- Operator
- Aeroméxico
- Onboard fatalities
- 18
- Route
- From General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)To Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Aeroméxico Flight 110 was a scheduled domestic commercial flight from Acapulco to Guadalajara. On November 8, 1981, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight experienced a cabin decompression and crashed near Zihuatanejo while initiating an emergency descent, killing all 18 people on board.
Accident
After departing Acapulco and reaching 31000 ft, the captain reported to air traffic control that the aircraft's cabin had depressurized and requested to return to Acapulco for an emergency landing. The aircraft initiated an emergency descent, but at 6000 ft, it crashed into the Sierra de Guerrero mountains.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The investigation determined that the crew had failed to follow the emergency procedures.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroméxico Flight 110
- Article
- Aeroméxico Flight 110
- Revision
- 1361367128 · 2026-06-27 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q93990392
- 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 "Aeroméxico Flight 110" (page 66759098, revision 1361367128)
- 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
- airline flight number in the infobox
- 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.