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1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

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1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash
Accident
The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with TAP Portugal
Date	5 May 1998 (1998-05-05)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather
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

On 5 May 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.^[1]

Occidental Petroleum chartered the aircraft to transport workers to the Andoas oil field.^[2] 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.^[1]

Crash[edit]

The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time while on an NDB approachtoAlférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport at Andoas. The aircraft crashed three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) short of Andoas.^[2] It was scheduled to arrive at Andoas at 21:17 local time.^[1]

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.^[3] Later, a Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 rescue aircraft flew to Andoas, carrying a medical team, crash experts and police investigators.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

^ ^a ^b "13 survivors found from crash". Ellensburg Daily Record. 6 May 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

^ ^a ^b "24 still missing, presumed dead in Peru crash". CNN. 7 May 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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