Aeroperú Flight 603 · South Pacific Ocean
On October 2, 1996, Aeroperú Flight 603 (South Pacific Ocean). 70 people died.
- Date
- October 2, 1996
- Place
- South Pacific Ocean
- Operator
- Aeroperu
- Killed
- 70
- Position
- 12.033°S, 77.500°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q381615
From Wikipedia
Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, United States, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with stopovers in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru. On October 2, 1996, the Boeing 757 aircraft flying the final leg of the flight crashed into the Pacific Ocean. All 70 people onboard were killed.
Flying over water, at night, with no visual references, the pilots were unaware of their true altitude, and struggled to control and navigate the aircraft. The investigation determined that the air data computers were unable to show correct airspeed and altitude on cockpit displays because a maintenance worker had failed to remove tape covering the pitot–static system ports on the aircraft exterior prior to departure.
Text from Wikipedia, “Aeroperú Flight 603”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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