TANS Perú Flight 204
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TANS Perú Flight 204 was a flight that crashed on August 23, 2005 near the Peruvian city of Pucallpa. 40 of the 98 people on board were killed.
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Accident | |
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Date | 23 August 2005 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain[1] due to pilot error in bad weather |
Site | Pucallpa, Peru 8°25′0″S 74°35′45″W[2]: 6 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-244 Advanced |
Operator | TANS Perú |
IATA flight No. | TJ204 |
ICAO flight No. | ELV204 |
Call sign | Aereos Selva 204 |
Registration | OB-1809-P |
Flight origin | Jorge Chávez Int'l Airport Lima, Peru |
Stopover | Captain Rolden Int'l Airport Pucallpa, Peru |
Destination | Crnl. FAP F. S. Vignetta Int'l Airport Iquitos, Peru |
Occupants | 98 |
Passengers | 91 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 40 |
Survivors | 58 |
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The accident was the fifth most serious in August 2005, a dark month for commercial aviation, which also included, among others, the tragedies of Helios Airways Flight 522 and West Caribbean Flight 708.