TACA Flight 110 · New Orleans
On May 24, 1988, TACA Flight 110 (New Orleans). No one was seriously hurt.
- Date
- May 24, 1988
- Place
- New Orleans
- Operator
- Avianca El Salvador
- Killed
- 0
- Injured
- 1
- Position
- 30.012°N, 89.920°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q1516710
From Wikipedia
TACA Flight 110 was a scheduled international flight operated by TACA International Airlines, traveling from San Salvador to New Orleans, with a stopover in Belize City. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to New Orleans International Airport. As a result, the brand new Boeing 737-300 suffered flameout in both engines, but the pilots made a successful emergency landing on a grass levee adjacent to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, with no one aboard sustaining more than a few minor injuries, and with only minor hail damage to the intact aircraft. Following an on-site engine replacement, the jetliner took off from Saturn Boulevard, a road that had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service until it was retired in 2016.
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