TANS Peru Flight 204
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TANS Perú
Flight 204 refers to a domestic scheduled Lima
–Pucallpa
–Iquitos
passenger service, operated with a Boeing 737-244 Advanced, that crashed on approach to Pucallpa Airport on , killing 40 of 98 occupants aboard.
OB-1809, which had been leased to TANS Perú from the South Africa
n lessor company Safair
two months prior to the accident occurrence. With manufacturer's serial number 22580/787 and powered with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines, the airframe had its maiden flight on and was originally delivered to South African Airways
; the aircraft was old at the time the accident took place.
s. Passengers reported heavy turbulence
and flames when the plane crashed. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown, but it is believed that the plane was making an emergency landing during a hail
storm; the plane split in two after landing.
Airline spokesman Jorge Belevan reported 57 survivors, with 31 bodies recovered and 10 people still missing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301409_pf.html TANS Peru
Flight TJ204 had 92 passengers and six crew members, including 11 American citizens, four Italians, two Brazilians, one Colombian, and one Spaniard.
It was the fifth major plane crash of August 2005, and the second major crash of a TANS Peru flight in slightly over two years.
TANS Peru
TANS Perú, an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva, was a Peruvian airline based in Lima. The airline was headquartered at the Miraflores District in the capital city of the country...
Flight 204 refers to a domestic scheduled Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
–Pucallpa
Pucallpa
Pucallpa is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Coronel Portillo Province and the Calleria District....
–Iquitos
Iquitos
Iquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, with a population of 370,962. It is the capital of Loreto Region and Maynas Province.Located on the Amazon River, it is only above sea level, although it is more than from the mouth of the Amazon at Belém on the Atlantic Ocean...
passenger service, operated with a Boeing 737-244 Advanced, that crashed on approach to Pucallpa Airport on , killing 40 of 98 occupants aboard.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a 1981-built Boeing 737-200 Advanced, registeredAircraft registration
An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...
OB-1809, which had been leased to TANS Perú from the South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n lessor company Safair
Safair
Safair is an airline based in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. Operator of one of the world's largest fleets of civil Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft, it also conducts aircraft chartering, leasing and sales, contract operations and leasing services, flightcrew leasing and...
two months prior to the accident occurrence. With manufacturer's serial number 22580/787 and powered with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines, the airframe had its maiden flight on and was originally delivered to South African Airways
South African Airways
South African Airways is the national flag carrier and largest airline of South Africa, with headquarters in Airways Park on the grounds of OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The airline flies to 36 destinations worldwide from its hub at OR Tambo International...
; the aircraft was old at the time the accident took place.
Description of the accident
At 3:06 p.m. the aircraft crashed about 5.5 km south of Pucallpa killing 40 people according to news sources. Of the 58 survivors, many were treated in hospitalHospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s. Passengers reported heavy turbulence
Turbulence
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic and stochastic property changes. This includes low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time...
and flames when the plane crashed. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown, but it is believed that the plane was making an emergency landing during a hail
Hail
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is referred to as a hail stone. Hail stones on Earth consist mostly of water ice and measure between and in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe thunderstorms...
storm; the plane split in two after landing.
Airline spokesman Jorge Belevan reported 57 survivors, with 31 bodies recovered and 10 people still missing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301409_pf.html TANS Peru
TANS Peru
TANS Perú, an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva, was a Peruvian airline based in Lima. The airline was headquartered at the Miraflores District in the capital city of the country...
Flight TJ204 had 92 passengers and six crew members, including 11 American citizens, four Italians, two Brazilians, one Colombian, and one Spaniard.
It was the fifth major plane crash of August 2005, and the second major crash of a TANS Peru flight in slightly over two years.