Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704
A Mexicana Boeing 727, similar to the one involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 June 1969 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Apodaca, Nuevo León |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-64 |
| Aircraft name | Azteca de Oro |
| Operator | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration | XA-SEL |
| Flight origin | Lic. Benito Juarez International Airport |
| Destination | Del Norte International Airport |
| Occupants | 79 |
| Passengers | 72 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 79 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 4 June 1969, Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704, a Boeing 727-64 airliner registered XA-SEL, crashed near El Carmen, some 20 miles north of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León. All 79 people on board were killed.