Copa Airlines Flight 201 · Darien Gap
On June 6, 1992, Copa Airlines Flight 201 (Darien Gap). 47 people died.
- Date
- June 6, 1992
- Place
- Darien Gap
- Operator
- Copa Airlines
- Killed
- 47
- Position
- 7.983°N, 77.933°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q5168156
From Wikipedia
Copa Airlines Flight 201 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On 6 June 1992, the Boeing 737-200 operating the route rolled, entered a steep dive, disintegrated in mid-air, and crashed into the jungle of the Darién Gap 29 minutes after takeoff, killing all 47 people on board. The in-flight breakup was caused by faulty instrument readings and several other contributing factors, including incomplete training.
Flight 201 is the deadliest accident in Panamanian aviation history, and the only fatal crash in the history of Copa Airlines.
Text from Wikipedia, “Copa Airlines Flight 201”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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