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13-525: Air Majoro also provides air ambulance services to Amazon towns in the region. On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 , a Boeing 737, attempting to land in heavy cumulus clouds, and a severe hailstorm crashed short of the runway at Pucallpa Airport. Out of the 98 passengers and crew on board, 40 were killed. This article about an airport in Peru is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . TANS Per%C3%BA Flight 204 TANS Perú Flight 204

26-511: Is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety . FSF brings together aviation professionals to help solve safety problems and bring an international perspective to aviation safety-related issues for the public. Since its founding in 1945, the foundation has acted as a non-profit, independent clearinghouse to disseminate safety information, identify threats to safety, and recommend practical solutions. Today,

39-481: The South African lessor company Safair two months prior to the accident. With manufacturer's serial number 22580 and powered with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines, the airframe had its maiden flight on 4 August 1981, and was originally delivered to South African Airways . At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated 49,865 flight hours and 45,262 cycles, and was 24 years old. The captain

52-420: The accident was determined to be pilot error for not following standard procedures under adverse weather conditions. The captain took control of the plane, but the trainee pilot did not immediately monitor the instruments; as a result, the crew did not notice the rapid descent in the few crucial seconds they had where they could have avoided danger. According to Aviation Safety Network , the accident ranks among

65-441: The airplane was engulfed by the fire. With 91 passengers and seven crew members on board, 35 passengers and five crew (including the three pilots) died in the accident. Non- Peruvian occupants of the aircraft included 11 Americans , one Australian, one Colombian, and one Spanish ; Italians were also aboard, but the actual number of them depend upon the source. Most of the fatalities were recorded for passengers travelling in

78-501: The foundation provides leadership to more than 1000 members in more than 100 countries. The Aviation Crash Injury Research (AvCIR) Division initiated by Hugh DeHaven became part of FSF in April 1959, being transferred from Cornell University . The main foundation's stated objectives are to: In partnership with aviation community, FSF organizes four annual summit: FSF also organizes and sponsors smaller, regional safety events throughout

91-480: The front of the aircraft. Fifty-eight people survived the accident, many of them suffering burns and broken limbs. Investigation of the crash site was hindered by looters, who descended upon the crash and stole various elements to be sold for scrap. A US$ 500 (equivalent to $ 780.03 in 2023) reward did succeed in securing the return of the flight data recorder . After 312 days of investigations, no technical malfunctions were reported. The official cause of

104-422: The more deadly ones that took place in 2005. It was also the second major crash involving a TANS Perú airplane in slightly over two years. Flight 204 has been the subject of a Reader's Digest story and an MSNBC documentary. The Canadian TV series, Mayday , has also produced an episode about the accident named "Blind Landing". Aviation Safety Network The Flight Safety Foundation ( FSF )

117-527: The worsening weather conditions, the pilot attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft flew through a hailstorm for the last 32 seconds of its ill-fated flight when it was taken down by wind shear, hit tree tops and impacted a swamp located 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) ahead of the runway threshold. The aircraft broke up as it crashed and burst into flames, leaving a path of debris and flaming fuel 100 feet (30 m) wide and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) long. The wreckage of

130-571: The year. The foundation gives out annual awards to recognize individual achievements and group achievements in aviation safety. The FSF manages the Aviation Safety Network (ASN), a website that keeps track of aviation accidents, incidents , and hijackings . Its main database contains details of over 23,000 reports (2022) and investigations, news, photos, and statistics. The website has 9900 subscribers and receives about 50,000 visitors per week. ASN maintains three distinct databases: ASN

143-454: Was 45-year-old Octavio Perez Palma Garreta, who had 5,867 flight hours, including 3,763 hours on the Boeing 737. The first officer was 37-year-old Jorge Luis Pinto Panta, who had 4,755 flight hours, with 1,109 of them on the Boeing 737; 38-year-old Gonzalo Chirinos Delgado, a trainee pilot, was also on board. He had 2,700 flight hours, but only 61 of them on the Boeing 737. An unusual cold front

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156-463: Was a domestic scheduled Lima – Pucallpa – Iquitos passenger service, operated with a Boeing 737-200 Advanced , that crashed on 23 August 2005 on approach to Pucallpa Airport , 4 miles (6.4 km) off the airfield, following an emergency landing attempt because of bad weather, killing 40 of the 98 passengers and crew aboard. The aircraft involved was a 1981-built Boeing 737-244 Advanced registered OB-1809, which had been leased to TANS Perú from

169-435: Was developing in the vicinity of Pucallpa, minutes before the event took place, with cloud tops estimated to be 45,000 feet (14,000 m) high. Instead of diverting to another airport, the crew initiated the approach to Pucallpa Airport with torrential rain, hail, and strong winds. Some 10 minutes before the scheduled time for landing, the aircraft started rocking. Realising that the airport could not be safely reached amid

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