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West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , registration HK-4374X, was en route from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama City , Panama , to Martinique Aimé Césaire ...
On 27 June 2017, there was an incident involving a police helicopter at the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) and Interior Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela.Claiming to be a part of an anti-government coalition of military, police and civilians, [1] the occupants of the helicopter allegedly launched several grenades and fired at the building, although no one was injured or killed.
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (November 1956) ... Aviation accidents and incidents in Venezuela; Táchira helicopter crash; ... West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
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The deadliest crash of this year was West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 which crashed near Machiques, Venezuela on 16 August, killing all 160 people on board. This particular accident took place in August 2005, which is one of the deadliest months in aviation to date, in which 351 people were killed in six major accidents.
Flight 708 may refer to Pan Am Flight 708, crashed on 15 November 1966; Garuda Indonesia Flight 708, crashed on 16 February 1967; Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708, crashed on February 18, 1969; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708, hijack attempt on 8 December 1972; West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, crashed on 16 August 2005
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They can carry explosives, as in the Venezuela attack, or even chemical or biological weapons, thus effectively becoming a stand-off strike weapon like a missile or mortar that has a larger kill zone.