[1] The crash led TAESA to ground its fleet and suspend operations a year later in 2000.

[2] Investigators determined that the crew did not use the appropriate checklists prior to departure, and during the climbout, the pilots were confused about which heading to follow.

It was 29 years old at the time of the accident and accumulated more than 59,000 takeoff/landing cycles and 58,000 flight hours.

[4][additional citation(s) needed] There were 18 people on board the DC-9 at the time it crashed, with 13 passengers and 5 crew members.

After rotation, the aircraft pitched up abnormally high, entered a stall, nosed over and crashed into an avocado field 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) south of the runway on a heading of 110 degrees.