.jpg) The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with TAP Portugal | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 May 1998 (1998-05-05) |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather |
| Site | 2°46′41″S 76°30′07″W / 2.778°S 76.502°W / -2.778; -76.502 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-282 |
| Operator | Occidental Petroleum |
| Registration | FAP-351 |
| Flight origin | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos |
| Destination | Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport, Andoas |
| Occupants | 88 |
| Passengers | 80 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 13 |
The 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash occurred on May 5, 1998 a Boeing 737-282, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian Air Force) and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas, a town in Peru close to the border with Ecuador, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived.
Occidental Petroleum chartered the aircraft to transport workers to the Andoas oil field. The aircraft was registered as FAP-351 (c/n 23041 / m/n 962) and had only entered service with the Peruvian Air Force a few weeks before the crash.
Crash
The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time while on an NDB approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport at Andoas. The aircraft crashed three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) short of Andoas. It was scheduled to arrive at Andoas at 21:17 local time.
Medical teams were delayed more than a day in reaching the crash site due to poor weather, with the survivors being carried on stretchers in torrential rain to a medical post in Andoas because the weather prevented their evacuation by helicopter. Later, a Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 rescue aircraft flew to Andoas, carrying a medical team, crash experts and police investigators.
References
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "13 survivors found from crash". Ellensburg Daily Record. 6 May 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "24 still missing, presumed dead in Peru crash". CNN. 7 May 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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| Feb 2 Cebu Pacific Flight 387Feb 3 Cavalese cable car crashFeb 12 Sudan Air Force crashFeb 16 China Airlines Flight 676Mar 18 Formosa Airlines Flight 7623Mar 19 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashMar 22 Philippine Airlines Flight 137Apr 20 Air France Flight 422May 5 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crashMay 25 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544May 26 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crashJun 18 Propair Flight 420Jun 28 United Airlines Flight 863Jul 30 Indian Airlines Flight 503Jul 30 Proteus Airlines Flight 706Aug 5 Korean Air Flight 8702Aug 24 Myanma Airways Flight 635Aug 29 Cubana de Aviación Flight 389Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111Sep 25 PauknAir Flight 4101Sep 29 Lionair Flight 602Oct 10 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 crashDec 11 Thai Airways International Flight 261 | |
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