Crash of a Douglas DC-3-277B near Saltillo: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 10, 1949 at 1315 LT
Registration:
XA-HOU
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mexico City – Piedras Negras
MSN:
2208
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
En route to Piedras Negras, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Sierra de Ovallos, near Saltillo. All eight occupants were killed.
