The 22 last October they were fulfilled 25 años of the regrettable damn aéreo of the North American cargo company Millon Air in Manta, Ecuador. Foto por Werner Fischdick/Aviation Safety
Today we will remember an event that occurred in the city of Manta ago 25 años, that possibly few of you remember or even, maybe they never heard before.
after the 22:45 tuesday hours 22 October 1996 a boeing 707 cayó about the La Dolorosa neighborhood, generating destructionónumber of houses, churches and the unfortunate death of 27 total people.
Millon Air flight accident in Manta
of this accident, there is not much informationón online that represents the causes of the same, but American media élittle as JOC.com relates the following:
Millon Air, the Miami-based operator of the avión cargo that crashedó in Ecuador at the cost of dozens of lives on miércoles, has a history of maintenance violations.
Has paid $49,000 in fines and other sanctions to the Administrationón Federal Aviationón since 1984 and had another fatal accidentñor past, themselvesún the agency. The FAA isá investigating the airlineínea for two additional unspecified maintenance violations.
The compañíto alsoén receivedó warning letters about violations of drug testing regulations all añthem since 1994, for a total of nine cards. Five of them were received only in 1996.
the boeing 707 involved in the accidentércoles burstó on fire and crashedó against the bell tower of a church shortly afterés taking off from the port city of Manta in southeastern Ecuador.
The four members of the crewóthey died.
At least 30 people on the ground tooén died and others 48 were hospitalized.
the grandfatherón transported frozen fish.
The aircraft of 29 añThose involved in the accident had numerous service problems, themselvesún FAA documents, including corrosionón and cracked parts, loose and leaky. On 1995, a Pratt engine & Whitney JT3D falló 35 minutes laterés of takeoff.
CREWÓN CONTINÚA
The crewón continuousó towards the destination before receiving attentionómaintenance no..
the grandfatheródid not originally belongía a American Airlines y entró in service on 27 October 1967.
Millon has operated the avión since October 1989.
in april 1995, one of Millon's DC-8 freighters crashedó in the Guatemala city, killing six people and wounding two.
PROBLEMS
In February of this toñO, one of the boeing 707 from the airílanding lineó at Miami International Airport with the nose-to-tail trainún got up afterés that a v failedálvula of presióin hydrástreet.
The díbefore that accident, Millon informó having solved problems in the líneas hydráulicas and replace broken connectors.
The carrier had another minor accident in Dallas Fort Worth in 1987, when i crashó with another avión while rolling to park.
The aviation authorityóA civilian from Ecuador isá investigating the accident.
INVESTIGATORS TO THE SITE
A three-member team from the US National Transportation Safety Board. I headedó to the accident site on wedércolles afternoon.
They were accompaniedñated by an FAA inspector and representatives from Boeing and Pratt & Whitney.
In the worst recent accident in Ecuador, I saw oneóDC-8 cargo n crashedó in Quito on 22 September 1984, killing the 75 people.
Another peculiarity of this accident is the compensation process.ón, which was fulfilled by the insurer of Million Air in its entirety, but that until 22 October 2021 were left $250 thousand dólares to be claimed by relatives of one of the vítombs on the ground of the accident.
Final report
If I searchó a final report that determines the causes of the accident, but so far there is only this informationón available thanks to Aviation Safety:
| Date: | Tuesday 22 october 1996 |
| Hour: | ca 22:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-323C |
| Operator: | Millon Air |
| Registrationón: | N751MA |
| Numéro of série: | 19582/639 |
| AñConstructi'són: | 1967 |
| engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK) |
| Crewón: | fatalities: 3 / occupants: 3 |
| passengers: | fatalities: 1 / occupants: 1 |
| Total: | fatalities: 4 / occupants: 4 |
| Vítimas on Earth: | fatalities: 23 |
| Andñyou in the Aircraft: | Total |
| Impact: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Locationón: | SW of Manta Airport (GUY) ( Ecuador) |
| Phase: | On Route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Load |
| Departure airport: | Manta Airport (MEC / SEMT), Ecuador |
| Arrival airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of América |
descriptionón: A Millon Air cargo flight a Boeing 707-323C carrying frozen fish and flowers crashedó afterés taking off from Eloy Alfaro airport, Manta, Ecuador. the grandfatherón startupó roofs of houses in the Dolorosa neighborhood and crashedó on fire against a restaurant. Local officials claim an engine was on fire. the grandfatherón was destroyed. The pilot in command of the air transportínea, the first officer, the flight engineer, one passenger and one 30 people on the ground were fatally injured. About 50 people on the ground suffered serious injuries.
¿Do you remember this accident or have máwith informationón about it?
Recently I came across the surprise that the FDR of the plane did not work. I added the info to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unrecovered_and_unusable_flight_recorders
Thank you Miguel for your contribution and collaboration..
hello, I would like to know if they could identify the girl from 11 years since it was found?
from what i found out, Never.
Let us remember that this same plane, the “Vanessa” had an emergency landing due to landing gear failure in Miami a few months before falling in Manta.
here the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_8pS36nSyc
Thanks for the input!
I remember this accident very well, I was a college student and I heard about him as a breaking news item on the defunct newscast “Telemundo” by Ecuavisa. An anecdote of this tragedy is that the image of the Virgin Mary at the entrance of the destroyed church remained intact., only blackened by smoke. The locals attributed it to a miracle. Another anecdote is that no one claimed insurance compensation for a person who died on the spot. In addition, on the ground of the place there were fish according to press photos.
Hi Javier, thanks for your contribution. Precisely, the day they were fulfilled 25 years, deadline for claiming compensation, no one did.
really very good story thanks for telling us this accident happened that 12 Years before I was born and I had no idea it existed., very good post and follow like this
Thanks Joaquin!
Thank you Nicholas for this comprehensive post., I've never really heard of this accident, that 707 it was all a case.
Thank you Enzo for your comment.!
Excellent reminder, like all your posts. Ahead..!!!!
Thank you very much Santiago.