Overview

• The privately registered jet, tail number YV3440, went down during approach to Simón Bolívar International Airport at 12:52 p.m. local time.
• Authorities report the pilot and copilot were killed, and two passengers were pulled from the wreckage and received medical attention.
• Venezuela’s civil aviation authority activated an Accident Investigation Board and began examining the wreckage, flight history and weather data.
• Airport operations were temporarily disrupted as firefighters extinguished the fire and secured the crash site.
• Preliminary accounts cite strong winds as a possible factor, but the cause remains undetermined pending the official inquiry.