Aerocaribe Flight 7831
Appearance
Accident | |
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Date | 8 July 2000 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico 17°24′0″N 92°28′59″W / 17.40000°N 92.48306°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream |
Operator | Aerocaribe |
Registration | N912FJ |
Flight origin | Francisco Sarabia National Airport, Mexico |
Destination | Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, Mexico |
Occupants | 19 |
Passengers | 17 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 19 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aerocaribe Flight 7831 was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a intra-Mexican short haul flight from Terán Airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Villahermosa, Tabasco. On 8 July 2000, Flight 7831 departed Téran at approximately 19:30. Subsequently, it encountered severe weather, which the captain requested permission from air traffic control (ATC) at Tuxtla Gutiérrez to fly around.
ATC granted the request, and the flight turned to the right, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 crashed in a mountainous area while descending, bursting into flames on impact near Chulum Juarez, Chiapas. All 19 passengers and crew on board died.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32EP N912FJ Chulum Juarez". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Commercial Plane in Chiapas; there are 19 dead". eluniversal.com. El Universal. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- "Accident Synopsis 07082000". AirDisaster.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009.
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- Ionides, Nicholas. "Aerocaribe Jetstream 32 crash kills 19." Flight International. 10 July 2000.
- (in Spanish) "Se estrella avion comercial en Chiapas; hay 19 muertos" (Archive). El Universal. Monday 10 July 2000.
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