Aeronor Flight 304

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Aeronor Flight 304
CC-CBS Fokker Fk.27 Aeronor-Chile (7322164818).jpg
A Fairchild F-27 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
DateDecember 9, 1982
SummaryEngine failure
Site
Aeronor Flight 304
Aircraft
Aircraft type Fairchild F-27
Operator Aeronor Chile
Registration CC-CJE
Flight origin Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago, Chile
Destination Cerro Moreno International Airport, Antofagasta
Passengers42
Crew4
Fatalities46
Survivors0

Aeronor Flight 304 was a Chilean domestic flight between the cities of Santiago and Antofagasta with two intermediate stops operated by Aeronor Chile. On December 9, 1982, the Fairchild F-27 operating the flight crashed near La Florida Airport, in the Chilean city of La Serena. All 46 passengers and crew on board died. [1]

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Accident

The Fairchild F-27 of Aeronor Chile was flying from Santiago to Antofagasta, with stops in La Serena and Copiapó.

The aircraft took off from Santiago at 09:40 (UTC−4), reaching the city of La Serena at 10:25. A few minutes before it was scheduled to land at La Florida Airport, the aircraft suffered a malfunction in one of its engines. After this, at 10:29, it crashed into a stone wall, in other sources named a mountain slope [2] , located in an area called "Parcela Seis" (Lot Six) at Alfalfares, located approximately 800 meters northeast of the airport terminal. After the aircraft crashed, it caught fire and was almost completely burnt. It is estimated that the aircraft crashed at a speed of 180 km/h. All forty-two passengers and four crew members were killed by the crash or subsequent fire.

Initially, the accident was mistaken for an emergency drill at the airport in La Serena which had commenced a few hours before the tragedy. A television crew from Canal 8 UCV TV, who were shooting scenes of the drill, managed to capture the Aeronor aircraft on fire shortly after the crash. [3]

The pilot of the aircraft was the CEO of Aeronor Chile. [2]

Notable victims

References

  1. ↑ "46 muertos al estrellarse un avión en Chile" [46 dead when a plane crashes in Chile] (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: El País. EFE. 10 December 1992. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.
  2. 1 2 "Luchtramp: 75 kinderen dood". Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 10 December 1982. Retrieved 17 March 2026– via Delpher. ...Bij een vliegramp in Chili zijn alle 46 inzittenden van een Fokker F-27 omgekomen. Anderhalve kilometer voor het vliegveld van de stad La Serena stortte het vliegtuig neer op een berghelling, waarna het onmiddelijk explodeerde. De piloot van het toesten was de directeur van de kleine maatschappij Aeronor, die vroeger alleen vracht vervoerde maar sinds kort ook passagiersvluchten uitvoert.
  3. ↑ Tapia, Armando (2008). "Canal 8: Desclasificando los archivos de la primera señal regional" [Channel 8: The files of the first regional signal are declassified]. El Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ FJ_Meneses (2013-08-05). "La tragedia del Aeronor en La Serena" [The Aeronor tragedy in La Serena]. El Archivo-N (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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