Accident to the Boeing MD-82 registered HK-4374X operated by West Carribean Airways on 16/08/2005 at Machiques (Venezuela)
Deceleration in cruise, loss of control and non-recovery from stall
On 16 August 2005, flight WCW 708 took off from Tocumen (MPTO) international airport, Panama, at 05:59 UTC bound for «Le Lamentin Fort de France» (TFFF) international airport, Martinique, in instrument meteorological conditions. At half-distance, there was an area of stratocumulus type cloud formation with heavy precipitation. The aircraft was airworthy and had no mechanical defects. Once it had reached flight level 330, the aircraft’s speed began to decay until it reached stall speed. The aircraft then went into a stall and continued to lose altitude until it struck the ground, in a flat area defined with an altitude of 119 feet above sea level, near the village of Machiques, State of Zulia, Venezuela.
(Technical update January 2025)
