HC-BLF — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

January 28, 2002AccidentHull loss
The aircraft departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport runway 17 at 1001LT on a flight to Cali with an intermediate stop in Tulcán, carrying 87 passengers and 7 crew members. The flight was completed at an altitude of 18,000 feet on airway G-675 towards Ipiales, south Colombia.
Boeing 727-100 · 94 fatalities
The probable cause was: - The decision of the instructor captain and his crew to initiate and continue the operation towards Tulcán Airport below minima weather conditions as established in the company's SOPs. Full accident record