![The wreckage 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 wreckage 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/2E7379C/the-wreckage-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-2E7379C.jpg)
The wreckage 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
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Air Crash Investigation on Twitter: "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
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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
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