Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Clemente akapedza nguva yake yakawanda mukati menguva isiri yemwaka achibatanidzwa mubasa rerudo. Apo Managua, guta guru reNicaragua, rakatambudzwa nokudengenyeka kukuru
pana December 23, 1972, Clemente (uyo akashanyira Managua mavhiki matatu kudengenyeka kusati kwaitika) pakarepo akatanga kushanda kuronga ndege dzeyamuro dzechimbichimbi. Zvisinei, akakurumidza kuziva kuti mapakeji okuyamura ari mundege nhatu dzokutanga akanga atorwa nevakuru vakuru vane uori vehurumende yaSomoza, uye haana kumbobvira asvika kune vakanga vawirwa nokudengenyeka. Akasarudza kuperekedza ndege yechina yokuyamura, achivimba kuti kuvapo kwake kwaizova nechokwadi chokuti rubatsiro rwacho rwaizoendeswa kune vainge vapona. Ndege yaakatenga yeNew Year's Eve ndege, Douglas DC-7 ndege yekutakura zvinhu, yaive nenhoroondo yezvinetso zvemuchina uye huwandu husina kukwana hwevashandi vekubhururuka (vanoshaya vese mainjiniya ekubhururuka nemubatsiri mutyairi), uye yakanyanyisa kuremerwa ne. Yakarovera muAtlantic Ocean pamhenderekedzo yeIsla Verde, Puerto Rico pakarepo pashure pokubhururuka pana December 31, 1972, nemhaka yekukundikana kweinjini.