TAM Bolivia Fokker F27 plane crash
Key facts
- Airline
- TAM Bolivia
- Aircraft
- Fokker F27
- Location
- Guayaramerin, Bolivia
- Date
- 16th April, 2006
- People on board
- 31
- Fatality
- 1
Updated on
Accident account
The aircraft left Riberalta-General Buech Airport (Bolivia) for a passenger flight to Guayaramerin (Bolivia). The crew was informed about heavy rain falls on Guayaramerin. On landing, the Fokker F-27 skidded off the runway, lost its landing gear and both wings and came to rest. A passenger died a few hours after the accident.
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Accident location
The aircraft (Fokker F27)
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