Английская Википедия:1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

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Шаблон:Infobox aircraft occurrence 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

The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time while on an NDB approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport at Andoas. The aircraft crashed Шаблон:Convert 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

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