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Tropical Airways Let 410 plane crash

Cap Haitien, Haiti
Tropical Airways Let 410 plane crash - Cap Haitien, Haiti

Key facts

Airline
Tropical Airways
Aircraft
Let 410
Location
Cap Haitien, Haiti
Date
24th August, 2003
People on board
21
Fatalities
21

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Accident account

The aircraft departed Cap Haitien for a passenger flight to Port de Paix. Shortly after takeoff, eyewitnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the aircraft's forward door. The aircraft then crashed and burned in a sugar cane field. All 21 passengers and crew members were killed.

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