Avensa Flight 358
Introduction '''Avensa Flight 358''' was a scheduled airline flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela that crashed on 22 December 1974 killing all 75 people on board.
Aircraft The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967.
Accident On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, with 69 passengers and 6 crew on board, took off on runway 05 from Maturín Airport. Five minutes after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency to the control tower. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed  from the city of Maturín, Venezuela. All 75 on board the flight perished.
Cause Venezuelan authorities and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident. The cause of the accident was not determined, though an elevator malfunction was considered.
In popular culture This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518.
See also * Aviation accidents and incidents* List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in at least 50 fatalities* List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft=== Similar accidents ===* Southern Airways Flight 242* British Airways Flight 009* Gimli Glider* TACA Flight 110* Avianca Flight 052* Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751* Garuda Indonesia Flight 421
References
External links * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-tNN06lXshttp://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236