Boeing 707 N8406

17 October 1980 · Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 17 October 1980 at about 19:35 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N8406, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 100 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 October 1980 at 19:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N8406
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → New York, Ny
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0012

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
100	0	1	0	99

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF JAMAICA.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0012, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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