![Air Disasters 在Twitter 上:"#OTD in 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (HK-4374X) McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed in Machiques, Venezuela after it entered a deep stall due to pilot error. Killing all Air Disasters 在Twitter 上:"#OTD in 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (HK-4374X) McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed in Machiques, Venezuela after it entered a deep stall due to pilot error. Killing all](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dkuuy3pUYAEF0en.jpg)
Air Disasters 在Twitter 上:"#OTD in 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (HK-4374X) McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashed in Machiques, Venezuela after it entered a deep stall due to pilot error. Killing all
![Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling from Panama Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling from Panama](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1cf17/rescue-workers-search-the-wreckage-of-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-in-machiques-about-100-miles-161-km-southwest-of-maracaibo-venezuela-august-16-2005-a-colombian-jet-travelling-from-panama-to-martinique-crashed-in-venezuela-on-tuesday-after-its-engines-failed-killing-all-160-passengers-and-crew-in-one-of-the-countrys-worst-air-disasters-officials-said-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-was-en-route-to-the-french-caribbean-island-of-martinique-when-it-began-to-have-engine-trouble-and-attempted-to-divert-to-an-airport-in-venezuela-it-crashed-at-a-cattle-farm-nea-2d1cf17.jpg)
Rescue workers search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling from Panama
![Policemen stand with their faces covered due to the smell outside the morgue where bodies of plane crash victims wait to be identified in Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 18, 2005. More than 20 Policemen stand with their faces covered due to the smell outside the morgue where bodies of plane crash victims wait to be identified in Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 18, 2005. More than 20](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d2gx1n/policemen-stand-with-their-faces-covered-due-to-the-smell-outside-the-morgue-where-bodies-of-plane-crash-victims-wait-to-be-identified-in-maracaibo-venezuela-august-18-2005-more-than-20-french-investigators-and-doctors-arrived-in-venezuela-late-wednesday-to-take-part-in-the-crash-probe-and-prepare-for-hundreds-of-family-members-who-will-travel-to-venezuela-to-identify-their-relatives-prosecutors-in-martinique-will-open-a-manslaughter-inquiry-on-thursday-into-the-crash-of-west-caribbean-airways-flight-708-in-venezuela-that-killed-all-160-aboard-a-french-legal-source-said-reuters-jorge-si-2d2gx1n.jpg)
Policemen stand with their faces covered due to the smell outside the morgue where bodies of plane crash victims wait to be identified in Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 18, 2005. More than 20
![Rescue workers remove a body at the site of the West Caribbean aircraft crash in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling Rescue workers remove a body at the site of the West Caribbean aircraft crash in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1tejn/rescue-workers-remove-a-body-at-the-site-of-the-west-caribbean-aircraft-crash-in-machiques-about-100-miles-161-km-southwest-of-maracaibo-venezuela-august-16-2005-a-colombian-jet-travelling-from-panama-to-martinique-crashed-in-venezuela-on-tuesday-after-its-engines-failed-killing-all-160-passengers-and-crew-in-one-of-the-countrys-worst-air-disasters-officials-said-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-was-en-route-to-the-french-caribbean-island-of-martinique-when-it-began-to-have-engine-trouble-and-attempted-to-divert-to-an-airport-in-venezuela-it-crashed-at-a-cattle-farm-near-v-2d1tejn.jpg)
Rescue workers remove a body at the site of the West Caribbean aircraft crash in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 16, 2005. A Colombian jet travelling
Plane crash reports - West Caribbean Airways flight 708: Pilot error August 16th, 2005, Tocumen Airport (Panama), 00:00am. Two hours behind schedule, passengers of West Caribbean Airways flight 708 start to board
![The tail of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft is seen at the crash site in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for The tail of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft is seen at the crash site in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2RP4Y/the-tail-of-the-west-caribbean-airways-md-82-aircraft-is-seen-at-the-crash-site-in-machiques-about-100-miles-161-km-southwest-of-maracaibo-venezuela-august-17-2005-investigators-sifted-for-bodies-and-clues-in-the-scattered-remains-of-the-aircraft-on-wednesday-as-france-sent-specialists-to-help-identify-victims-of-the-crash-that-killed-all-160-aboard-reutersjorge-silva-jski-2D2RP4Y.jpg)