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
![Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet - Rooster Teeth Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet - Rooster Teeth](https://cdn.roosterteeth.com/image/upload/t_l/f_auto/production/64o58tfexsgvk8a2evay01u3w8gw.png)
Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet - Rooster Teeth
![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 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues 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 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1JF0C/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-17-2005-investigators-sifted-for-bodies-and-clues-in-the-scattered-remains-of-west-caribbean-airways-flight-708-on-wednesday-as-france-sent-specialists-to-identify-victims-of-the-crash-that-killed-all-160-aboard-2D1JF0C.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 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues
![Category:Mémorial des victimes de la catastrophe aérienne du Vol 708 West Caribbean (Père-Lachaise, division 77) - Wikimedia Commons Category:Mémorial des victimes de la catastrophe aérienne du Vol 708 West Caribbean (Père-Lachaise, division 77) - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_77_-_Vol_708_West_Caribbean_02.jpg/1200px-P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_77_-_Vol_708_West_Caribbean_02.jpg)
Category:Mémorial des victimes de la catastrophe aérienne du Vol 708 West Caribbean (Père-Lachaise, division 77) - Wikimedia Commons
![Twitter 上的Air Disasters:"#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 160. Twitter 上的Air Disasters:"#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 160.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dkuuy3pUYAEF0en.jpg)
Twitter 上的Air Disasters:"#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 160.
![Twitter 上的Air Crash Investigation:"Fact #45 | The working title for Season 11, Episode 2 "The Plane That Flew Too High" (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708) was "Impossible Climb". https://t.co/i2Vflb6P2K" / Twitter Twitter 上的Air Crash Investigation:"Fact #45 | The working title for Season 11, Episode 2 "The Plane That Flew Too High" (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708) was "Impossible Climb". https://t.co/i2Vflb6P2K" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5ArL80XsAAEeW4.jpg)
Twitter 上的Air Crash Investigation:"Fact #45 | The working title for Season 11, Episode 2 "The Plane That Flew Too High" (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708) was "Impossible Climb". https://t.co/i2Vflb6P2K" / Twitter
![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)
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
![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
![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 search the wreckage of the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 aircraft in Machiques, about 100 miles (161 km) southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues 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 17, 2005. Investigators sifted for bodies and clues](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1CY4J/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-17-2005-investigators-sifted-for-bodies-and-clues-in-the-scattered-remains-of-west-caribbean-airways-flight-708-on-wednesday-as-france-sent-specialists-to-identify-victims-of-the-crash-that-killed-all-160-aboard-reutersjorge-silva-jsmk-2D1CY4J.jpg)