Site Chachapoyas, Peru Crew 5 Registration OB-1396 Destination Chachapoyas Airport Fatalities 46 (all) | Passengers 41 Survivors 0 Date 9 January 2003 Operator TANS Perú Location Chachapoyas | |
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Aircraft type Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship Summary Controlled flight into terrain Similar Sudan Airways Flight 139, 2003 Iran (IIRG) Il‑76 crash, UTAGE Flight 141, Air Algérie Flight 6289, FedEx Express Flight 647 | ||
TANS Peru Flight 222 was a TANS Perú flight of a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship which crashed near Chachapoyas, Peru on January 9, 2003 while on approach to Chachapoyas Airport. None of the 46 passengers and crew aboard the Fokker F-28 survived.
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Aircraft
The plane was a Dutch built Fokker F28-Mk1000, Its Registration was OB-1396, Powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Spey 555-15, C/n Msn, was 11100
History
The Flight 222 was launched after a stopover in Chiclayo at 8:17 clock in the direction of Chachapoyas, climbed to flight level 190 following Victor airway 3. At 8:32 clock they turned to course 060 and began descend to flight level 130. Around 8:45 clock, the Fokker flew into a mountainside at an altitude of 3,450 meters (10,350 feet), just 35 meters below the summit. Rescue teams didn't find the wreckage until two days later. None of the occupants survived.