On 27 August 1972, Douglas C-47 YV-C-AKE of LAV suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomás de Heres Airport, Ciudad Bolivar. The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima, killing all 34 people on board.[5]
On 2 October 1998, Douglas DC-3C YV-611C of Servivensa crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls. One of the 25 people on board was killed.[6]
canaima, airport, spanish, aeropuerto, canaima, iata, icao, svcn, airport, canaima, town, canaima, national, park, state, bolívar, venezuela, airport, town, next, carrao, rapids, carrao, river, kilometres, downstream, angel, falls, aeropuerto, canaimaiata, caj. Canaima Airport Spanish Aeropuerto de Canaima IATA CAJ ICAO SVCN is an airport in Canaima a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolivar in Venezuela The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River and 46 kilometres 29 mi downstream of Angel Falls Canaima AirportAeropuerto de CanaimaIATA CAJICAO SVCNSummaryAirport typePublicServesCanaima National ParkLocationCanaima VenezuelaElevation AMSL1 339 ft 408 mCoordinates6 13 55 N 62 51 15 W 6 23194 N 62 85417 W 6 23194 62 85417MapCAJLocation in VenezuelaRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 18 36 2 155 7 070 AsphaltSource WAD 1 GCM 2 Google Maps 3 The Canaima VOR DME Ident CMA is located 0 52 nautical miles 960 m off the Runway 18 threshold 4 Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Accidents and incidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAirlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsConviasaCaracasAccidents and incidents editOn 27 August 1972 Douglas C 47 YV C AKE of LAV suffered a failure of the port engine shortly after take off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Tomas de Heres Airport Ciudad Bolivar The aircraft crashed while attempting to return to Canaima killing all 34 people on board 5 On 2 October 1998 Douglas DC 3C YV 611C of Servivensa crashed on approach to Canaima Airport The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls One of the 25 people on board was killed 6 See also editTransport in Venezuela List of airports in VenezuelaReferences edit Airport information for SVCN usurped from DAFIF effective October 2006 Airport information for CAJ at Great Circle Mapper Source DAFIF effective October 2006 Google Maps Canaima CMA VOR Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 7 September 2010 YV 611C Accident description Aviation Safety Network Retrieved 25 June 2010 External links editOurAirports Canaima SkyVector Canaima OpenStreetMap Canaima Accident history for CAJ at Aviation Safety Network Video from aircraft landing at Canaima Airport nbsp Media related to Canaima Airport at Wikimedia Commons Portals nbsp Venezuela nbsp Aviation nbsp This Venezuela related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an airport in Venezuela is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canaima Airport amp oldid 1184559400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
