TACA Flight 510

TACA Flight 510

Infobox Airliner accident|name=TACA Flight 510
Date= April 6, 1993
Type=Overshot runway
Site=La Aurora Airport, Guatemala City
Fatalities=0
Injuries=3
Aircraft Type=Boeing 767-2S1ER
Operator=TACA International Airlines
Tail Number=N767TA
Passengers=227
Crew=9
Survivors = 236 (all)

TACA Flight 510 was a flight from San Salvador to Guatemala City which, on April 6, 1993, landed too far up the runway and careened off at a speed of 90 knots for 300 metres.

The seven-year-old Boeing 767-2S1ER struck the perimeter fence, went down a hill, crashed through a cinder block house and struck another house before coming to a standstill. Three people on the ground were injured after disembarking.

External links

* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930406-1 Report on the Aviation Safety Network]
* [http://www.flugzeug-absturz.de/videos/video4.mpg Video of the crash taken by a passenger on the plane]
* [http://www.flugzeug-absturz.de/open.php?id=604&auswahl=1993&modus=liste Details of crash] de icon


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