Vie, 02/09/2011 - 16:30 | 
ALZ334
| Date: | 02 OCT 1964 |
| Time: | 04:45 UTC |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | Union de Transportes Aériens - UTA |
| Registration: | F-BHMS |
| C/n / msn: | 44062/384 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 29620 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 73 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: |
Mt Alcazaba (Spain)  |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) (PMI/LEPA), Spain |
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Port-Étienne Airport (NDB) (NDB/GQPP), Mauritania |
Narrative:
The DC-6 took off at 03:14 GMT from Palma runway 27 for a flight to Port-Étienne (now Nouadhibou, Mauritania) . The plane struck a mountain 90 minutes later.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was not determined."
Sources: » ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume III, Circular 82-AN/69 (94-96)
