TEGUCIGALPA
84 // Extreme AirportsACCIDENTS AT TONCONTÍN
Date Airline Aircraft Details
June 7, 1962 SAHSA Curtiss C-46 Left undercarriage collapsed
June 30, 1966 TA N Douglas DC-6 Overr an runway on landing
February 20, 1967 SAHSA Douglas DC-6 Overran runway, four of 55 killed
November 25, 1969 SAHSA Douglas DC-3 Wind gusts pushed aircraft off course
May 26, 1970 Aero Servicios DH Heron Stalled on approach due to winds, six killed
February 25, 1989 Private Douglas DC-6 Hit mountain on approach, all ten killed
October 21, 1989 TAN-SAHSA Boeing 727 Hit hill on approach, 127 of 146 killed
April 1, 1997 US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Overran runway on landing
May 30, 2008 TA C A Airbus A320 Overran runway on landing, fi ve killed (three
of 124 on board, plus two on the ground)
February 14, 2011 Private Let 410 Crashed on approach, all 14 killedAIRLINES
Aerolíneas Sosa
American Airlines
Avianca El Salvador
Avianca Guatemala
Avianca Honduras
Avianca Nicaragua
AVIATSA
CM Airlines
Copa Airlines
Delta Air Lines
TAG Airlines
United AirlinesDepartures are
over the city,
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take-off.
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Delta Air Lines
Boeing 737-732
turns towards
Runway 02.
BELOW: Boeing
737-232 HR-AVR
still fl ies with
locally-based
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