| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Friday 18 May 2018 |
| Time: | 12:08 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-201 Adv. |
| Operating for: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Leased from: | Global Air |
| Registration: | XA-UHZ |
| C/n / msn: | 21816/592 |
| First flight: | 1979-07-15 (38 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A (HK3) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 105 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 108 / Occupants: 111 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 2 km SE of Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) ( Cuba) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Holguín-Frank Pais Airport (HOG/MUHG), Cuba | |
| Flightnumber: | CU972 |
ボーイング737-200がキューバ航空 Cubana de Aviación972便としてハバナからオルギンHolguinに向かうため離陸した直後に墜落した。機体は滑走路近くの農地に墜落し、分解炎上した。地元報道では乗員メキシコ人6名含む105名が搭乗していたとある。3名は生存している。
機体はメキシコのエアラインDamojh Aerolíneasが保有運航し、Global Airとしてキューバ航空に代わり運航されていた。
Sources:
» Radio Coco» SCT Mexico
METAR Weather report:
14:55 UTC / 10:55 local time:MUHA 181455Z 17006KT 140V220 9000 SCT013 OVC130 27/24 Q1015
15:55 UTC / 11:55 local time:
MUHA 181555Z 17004KT 140V220 9000 SCT017 OVC210 28/23 Q1015
MUHA 181555Z 17004KT 140V220 9000 SCT017 OVC210 28/23 Q1015
16:55 UTC / 12:55 local time:
MUHA 181655Z 13005KT 090V190 9000 SCT018 OVC130 29/23 Q1015
MUHA 181655Z 13005KT 090V190 9000 SCT018 OVC130 29/23 Q1015
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1979 | N769N | Boeing | first flight |
| 7 August 1979 | N769N | Piedmont Airlines | delivered |
| 27 Nov.1988 | N227AU | Piedmont Airlines | new registration |
| 5 August 1989 | N227AU | USAir | airline merged |
| 27 Feb. 1997 | N227AU | US Airways | airline renamed |
| 27 Sep. 2000 | C-FRYH | Royal Airlines | |
| 1 May 2001 | C-FRYH | Canada 3000 Airlines | airline aquired by Canada 3000 |
| 19 Oct. 2001 | N227AU | US Navy | leased |
| 16 March 2005 | XA-MAK | Magnicharters | |
| Aug. 2007 | XA-UHZ | Globe Air | |
| 2007-2018 | XA-UHZ | NACAM - National Airways Cameroon; Avolar; Benin Golf Air; Aero Caribbean; Línea Aérea SINAMI; EasySky Airlines; Cubana | leased |
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Holguín-Frank Pais Airport as the crow flies is 671 km (419 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Holguín-Frank Pais Airport as the crow flies is 671 km (419 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
