Porta Plata, Porta Plata Province, Dominican Republic — Caribbean Region of the Americas (Hispaniola, Greater Antilles, West Indies)

Birgenair Flight 301 Monument

Photographed by Bradley Owen, March 19, 2026

1. Birgenair Flight 301 Monument

(German Text)

Inscription.
(German):
Am 6, Februar 1996 stürzte auf dem Flug nach Deutschland vor dieser Küste ein Flugzeug ins Meer. Bei diesem Unglück gab es keine Überlebenden, und nur 68 Opfer konnten geborgen werden. Für 121 Menschen wurde das Meer zur letzten Ruhestätte.

(Spanish):
El 6 de febrero de 1996, cayó al mar un avión delante de esta costa en vuelo a Alemania No hubo sobrevivientes de esta tragedia. Sólamente pudieron ser rescatados los cuerpos de 68 victimas El mar es el último lugar de reposo para 121 personas.

(English Translation):
February 6, 1996, an airplane bound for Germany crashed into the sea off this coast. There were no survivors of this tragedy. Only the bodies of 68 victims could be recovered. The sea is the final resting place for 121 people.

(List of Names):
Cüneyt Aktürk • Marina und Rudolf Alt • Afet Aslan • Alina Bachmann • Horst, Katja und Paul Badeis • Hakan Balkan • Binnaz Banal • Manfred Beer • Martin Bekheet • Gerd Berger • Ralf Bethge • Roland und Werner Beyer • Marita Birkhold • Michael Bittner • Detlef Blügental • Rosa und Walter Bode • Klaus Blumöhr • Ruth Böhner • Axel Bonte • Anne-Kathrin Bunke • Hakan Caymaz • Ihsan Colak • Dariusz, Ewa und Marek Czerniejewski • Uta Czyżewsky • Mario Dantz • Gerhard und Heidemarie Drehmel • Carola und Wolfgang Drewnick • Wolfgang Ehni • Horst und Ursula Eigner • Ahmet Erdem • Gerhard und Rosa Maria Ertl • Muhlis Evrenosoglu • Bernd Fiegl • Heidrun und Otmar Franz • Olaf und Susanne Fritz • Horst und Karin Fröse • Kornelia Gall • Edelgard und Hans-Peter Gerbig • Aykut Gergin • Carmen Landwehr-Gistel • Marcel und Michael Gistel • Zbigniew Gorzelanczyk • Mladenko Gradecak • Herbert Graf • Peter und Renate Griese • Helga und Ronald Günthner • Rainer Hänisch • Jürgen und Renate Heckert • Elke

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Hieber • Jens Hildebrandt • Astrid Hipp • Ralf Hitzfelder • Bernd Hornung • Elzbieta Iwaniec • Thomas Jäckel • Waltraud Jänke • Angelika, Brigitta, Michael und Wilfried Jauch • Elfriede und Günter Kallekowski • Tomasz Kapalski • Falk Kielgast • Babette Knappe • Helga und Karl-Heinz Kopf • Holger Kozian • Wilma Kramm • Martin Kraus • Siglinde Krause

Frank Krehl • Bernd Krol • Edmund und Rita Krüger • Christiane, Günther, Julian und Juliane Kube • Manfred Kunkel • Necdet Kurtul • Michael Lathan • Armin Laun • Ines Lehmeyer • Tom Leimbach • Dirk Lienig • Beatrix und Jörg Limbach • Margarete Lisk • Volker Lober • Isbelis Matos • Wolfgang Meier • Uwe Menk • Mario Meuser • Ruth Mockwa • Jürgen und Silvia Mohr • Monika und Walter Moser • Alfred und Danuta Müller • Anna und Krzysztof Ostrowski • Lutz Patzschke • Jürgen Penther • Thomas Pfahler • Frank Pfanzer • Wioletta Pienkos • Ayhan Poturna • Anni und Ulrich Raabe • Francia Ramos • Ina Rebic • Gerd Reinhard • Bernhard und Margit Rodestock • Roland Rohde • Kerstin Rower • Katja Rudnick • Gisela Saal • Berthold Senghaas • Anka und

Photographed by Bradley Owen, March 19, 2026

2. Birgenair Flight 301 Monument

(Spanish Text)

Helmut Schäfer • Ulrike Schalek • Gerd Scheschkewitz • Helga Schlicht • Hans-Peter Schmitt • Detlef Schroeder • Thomas Schuller • Anna Schwab • Thilo Schüpferling • Cindy, Klaus, Monika und Tino Stöwe • Ewa Szenk - Ostrowska • Paul Teske • Frank und Heinz Thieme • Helga und Peter Tilwitz • Cindy Thrun • Burkhard und Kerstin Toeffling • Alfred und Andrea Turba • Sascha Twele • Christa und Peter Ulbrich • Daniela Viertel • Petra Völler • Petra Weil • Andrea Weber • Adolf und Melanie Weis • Andrea und Sven Widera • Marek Wielgus • Volker Widmann • Friedel Renate Wießner • Heidemarie und Peter Wittstock • Kristian Hans-Joachim und Martina Wolff • Horst und Ingrid Wüst • Joseph Zerr • Jogeham Zickler

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters. A significant historical year for this entry is 1996.

Location. 19° 48.298′ N, 70° 41.742′ W. Marker is in Porta Plata, Porta Plata Province. It can be reached from Desvio a la Puntilla half a kilometer north of Francisco Alberto Caamano Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located in the northern portion of San Felipe Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Porta Plata, Porta Plata Province 57000, Dominican Republic. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is one of the Greater Antilles

on the Caribbean Sea,

on in the Atlantic Ocean,

in North America,

and in the Western Hemisphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: General Gregorio Luperon (within shouting distance of this marker); Bienvenidos al Museo Fortaleza San Felipe / Welcome to the San Felipe Fortress Museum! (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line);

Photographed by Bradley Owen, March 19, 2026

3. Birgenair Flight 301 Monument

View is looking south.

Robert Hermann Schomburgk (approx. 0.7 kilometers away in Puerta Plata Province); Doña Blanca (approx. 0.8 kilometers away in Puerto Plata Province); Dominican Republic (approx. 0.8 kilometers away in Puerto Plata Province); Hombres de la Historia / Men of History (approx. 0.8 kilometers away in Puerto Plata Province); a different marker also named Hombres de la Historia / Men of History (approx. 0.9 kilometers away in Puerto Plata Province); General Gregorio Luperón (approx. 0.9 kilometers away in Puerto Plata Province). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Porta Plata.

Also see . . . Birgenair Flight 301 Wikipedia Page.

Birgenair Flight 301 was a chartered flight by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany. On 6 February 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport, killing all 189 people on board. The cause was pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from one of the pitot tubes, which investigators
Photographed by Bradley Owen, March 19, 2026

4. Birgenair Flight 301 Monument
View is looking north.
believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside it. The aircraft had been sitting unused for 20 days, and without pitot tube covers in place for the two days preceding the crash. It is the deadliest aviation accident ever to have occurred in the Dominican Republic.

(Submitted on March 24, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 262 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 25, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.