- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 11, 1983 |
Time: | 0740 |
Location: | Near Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador |
Operator: | TAME |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Quito - Cuenca |
AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2V2 |
Registration: | HC-BIG |
cn / ln: | 22607/775 |
Aboard: | 119 (passengers:111 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 119 (passengers:111 crew:8) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The jetliner scraped a mountian peak, exploded in flames and slid down a ravine coming to rest at the foot of a mountain. The plane was attempting to land in the Andean city of Cuenca. Under-qualification of pilot. |
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