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==Accidents and incidents== *On 11 January 1948, a Dominicana [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] (registered HI-6) crashed into a mountain near [[Yamasá]] in bad weather conditions, killing all 30 passengers and two crew members on board, amongst them the [[baseball]] team of [[B.B.C Santiago]]. The aircraft had been on a scheduled flight from [[Barahona (city)|Barahona]] to [[Santiago de los Caballeros]].<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480111-0 Dominicana 1948 crash at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref> *On 17 July 1958 at 10:16 [[Universal Coordinated Time|UTC]], a [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] aircraft (registered HI-16) operating '''Dominicana Flight 402''' from Ciudad Trujillo (today's [[Santo Domingo]]) to [[Miami]] crashed shortly after take-off due to an engine problem, killing the two pilots on board.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580717-0 1958 Dominicana crash at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref> *On 23 June 1969 at 15:42 local time, a Dominicana [[Aviation Traders Carvair]] aircraft (registered HI-168), which was operating '''[[Dominicana de Aviación Flight 401|Flight 401]]''' from Miami to Santo Domingo, crashed shortly after take-off from [[Miami International Airport]], killing all four persons on board, as well as six people on the ground. The aircraft had suffered an engine failure during take-off run, on which the pilots were not able to react accordingly.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690623-0 Dominicana Flight 401 at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref><ref>[http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR70-17.pdf Flight 401 Official NTSB Accident Report]</ref> *On 15 February 1970 at approximately 18:30 local time, a Dominicana [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] (registered HI-177) '''[[Dominicana DC-9 air disaster|crashed into the sea]]''' some 3 kilometres off [[Santo Domingo]], killing all 97 passengers and 5 crew members on board, making it the deadliest accident in the history of the Dominican Republic until the crash of [[Birgenair Flight 301]] in 1996. The aircraft had just departed [[Las Américas International Airport]] for a scheduled flight to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], when it suffered a dual engine failure.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700215-0 Dominicana 1970 crash at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref> *On 5 September 1993, a Dominicana [[Boeing 727-200]] (registered HI-617CA) was destroyed in a fire at Las Américas Airport. The then 20 years old aircraft had been operating a scheduled flight from San Juan to Santo Domingo carrying 98 passengers and 7 crew members, when the cabin filled with smoke during disembarkation, which was caused by a fire due to electrical overheating. All people involved managed to leave the aircraft before it was completely engulfed by the flames.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930905-0 Dominicana 1993 incident at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
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