On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft registered as F-OHRK and owned and operated by Air Saint Martin crashed near Belle-Anse, Haiti. The flight was en route from Cayenne, French Guiana and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and had been chartered by the Government of France to return illegal immigrants to Haiti from French territory. There were no survivors among its 18 passengers and 2 crew members.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | December 7, 1995 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Near Belle-Anse, Haiti |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
Operator | Air Saint Martin |
Registration | F-OHRK |
Passengers | 18 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 20 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 0 |
Investigators determined that F-OHRK had drifted ten nautical miles off course. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 5,030 feet (1,530 m) after having been cleared by air traffic control to descend to 4,000 feet.[2]
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