1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

Aviation accident in Peru 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash Accident TAP Air Portugal Boeing 737-282; CS-TEK, July 1986 CKD (5066261153).jpg The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with TAP Air Portugal in 1986 1998 05 05 y Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather Three kilometers from Andoas, Peru -2.778 -76.502 type:event_globe:earth_region:PE ti Boeing 737-282 Occidental Petroleum FAP-351 88 80 8 75 13 Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport, Andoas The 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash occurred on May 5, 1998 a Boeing 737-200, 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.http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980505-0 Accident description Aviation Safety Network 27 May 2014 Flight history The plane had been acquired along with another 737 as part of government plans to increase so-called "civic flights" to serve remote and poorly served regions, towns and cities, as well as to address seasonal seating capacity. More controversially, it may have been acquired to complement or compete with private airlines during periods of intense competition and high demand for air travel in Peru. In the 1990s, several established and short-lived low cost airlines were engaged in a "fare war" that followed the deregulation of Peru's commercial aviation sector, which itself occurred during the context of the economic liberalization period of President Alberto Fujimori after the country's 1980s crisis.https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/1998/02/angst-up-in-the-andes/ 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 3 mi km nmi in short of Andoas.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19980506&id=y_seAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-MoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3848,952001 13 survivors found from crash Ellensburg Daily Record 6 May 1998 27 May 2014 It was scheduled to arrive at Andoas at 21:17 local time. 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.http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9805/07/peru.crash/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180429073918/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9805/07/peru.crash/index.html dead April 29, 2018 24 still missing, presumed dead in Peru crash CNN 7 May 1998 27 May 2014 Later, a Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 rescue aircraft flew to Andoas, carrying a medical team, crash experts and police investigators. References Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Peru Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash