TAME Flight 173 · Ricaurte
On July 11, 1983, TAME Flight 173 (Ricaurte). 119 people died.
- Date
- July 11, 1983
- Place
- Ricaurte
- Operator
- TAME
- Killed
- 119
- Position
- 2.865°S, 78.950°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q7669292
From Wikipedia
TAME Flight 173, a Boeing 737-200 operated by Ecuador's national airline TAME, flying on a domestic route from the now-closed Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito to Mariscal Lamar International Airport in Cuenca, crashed on 11 July 1983 into a hill during its final approach just 1 mile (1.6 km; 0.87 nmi) from its final destination, killing all 119 people on board.
The crash was the deadliest crash in the history of TAME, and it remains as the deadliest aircraft accident in the history of Ecuador. An investigation later determined that the flight crashed due to the flight crew's lack of experience on the aircraft type, which caused a controlled flight into terrain.
Text from Wikipedia, “TAME Flight 173”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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