Aeroméxico Flight 498

mid-air collision
Event aviation_accident Q381558
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Aeroméxico Flight 498

Summary

Aeroméxico Flight 498 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,932 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 is located in Cerritos[3].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 is in the country of United States[4].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[5].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's instance of is recorded as mid-air collision[6].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 is operated by Aeroméxico[7].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 took place at Cerritos[8].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's Commons category is recorded as Aeroméxico Flight 498[9].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 occurred on August 31, 1986[10].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.868055555556, 'lon': -118.04555555556}[11].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aeroméxico Flight 498[12].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's Commons gallery is recorded as Aeroméxico Flight 498[13].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 resulted in {'amount': '+82'} deaths[14].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's depicted by is recorded as Out of Sight[15].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's depicted by is recorded as System Breakdown[16].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498 caused {'amount': '+8'} injuries[17].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's start point is recorded as Mexico City[18].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's start point is recorded as Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez[19].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's destination point is recorded as Los Angeles[20].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's destination point is recorded as Los Angeles International Airport[21].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's destination point is recorded as California[22].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[23].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's vessel is recorded as Douglas DC-9[24].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's via is recorded as Guadalajara-M. Hidalgo y Costilla[25].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's via is recorded as Tijuana International Airport[26].
  • Aeroméxico Flight 498's via is recorded as Loreto International Airport[27].

Body

When and Where

Aeroméxico Flight 498 occurred on August 31, 1986[10]. The location of it was Cerritos[8]. It is in the country of United States[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include aviation accident[5] and mid-air collision[6].

Outcome and Impact

Aeroméxico Flight 498 resulted in {'amount': '+82'} deaths[14]. It caused {'amount': '+8'} injuries[17].

Why It Matters

Aeroméxico Flight 498 ranks in the top 4% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,932 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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