Air Crash Daily | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 News Report @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Accident Description:
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๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฏ was a scheduled international passenger flight from New York to Caracas, operated by a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Reg. YV-C-AMS) on ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฒ.
The plane departed Idlewild Airport at 23:06 local time on June 19 and proceeded to the south. 1 hour and 20 minutes after takeoff the pilot reported that propeller No. 2 was running wild and that he was returning to Idlewild. At 00:50 the plane was declared in a state of emergency and a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft was sent to act as escort. At 01:21 the latter sighted AMS and observed its altitude as 8,700 feet and speed as 145 knots. AMS was authorized to dump fuel at 01:29. The plane acknowledged receipt of the instruction and stated that New York was in sight, whereupon the radio failed and a few seconds later the plane burst into flames and made a sharp turn to the right.
On completion of the turn, a quivering, incandescent mass broke off from the port side, whereupon the plane began a smooth climb with a tendency to veer to the left; at this point 3 more incandescent and quivering masses broke loose. On reaching the top of its climb, the plane broke up while in a vertical position, turned into a fireball and crashed into the sea at 01:32. Fuel spread over the distress area, causing a fire which lasted several hours. There were no survivors among the 74 occupants.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
"Although the accident was observed by witnesses, its cause cannot be determined with absolute certainty. However, it would be logical to assume that the vibration which resulted from the loss of control of propeller no.2 caused one of the inside wing attachments to loosen or break at some point between the fuel tank and the dump chute at the symmetrical point of vibration (behind engine no.3)."
Accident Description:
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https://x.com/aircrashdaily/status/1538887431654895617?s=19
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฏ was a scheduled international passenger flight from New York to Caracas, operated by a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (Reg. YV-C-AMS) on ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฒ.
The plane departed Idlewild Airport at 23:06 local time on June 19 and proceeded to the south. 1 hour and 20 minutes after takeoff the pilot reported that propeller No. 2 was running wild and that he was returning to Idlewild. At 00:50 the plane was declared in a state of emergency and a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft was sent to act as escort. At 01:21 the latter sighted AMS and observed its altitude as 8,700 feet and speed as 145 knots. AMS was authorized to dump fuel at 01:29. The plane acknowledged receipt of the instruction and stated that New York was in sight, whereupon the radio failed and a few seconds later the plane burst into flames and made a sharp turn to the right.
On completion of the turn, a quivering, incandescent mass broke off from the port side, whereupon the plane began a smooth climb with a tendency to veer to the left; at this point 3 more incandescent and quivering masses broke loose. On reaching the top of its climb, the plane broke up while in a vertical position, turned into a fireball and crashed into the sea at 01:32. Fuel spread over the distress area, causing a fire which lasted several hours. There were no survivors among the 74 occupants.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
"Although the accident was observed by witnesses, its cause cannot be determined with absolute certainty. However, it would be logical to assume that the vibration which resulted from the loss of control of propeller no.2 caused one of the inside wing attachments to loosen or break at some point between the fuel tank and the dump chute at the symmetrical point of vibration (behind engine no.3)."
