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TACA, aside from all the commentary that has been made over the years, runs a pretty darned good airline. They have superb pilots, good equipment, and crappy airports.
Any doubt? Look at the almost intact condition of this aircraft. It's ruined, but it says a lot about the skills of the crew. And also some great luck. It must have come down the earthen slope at jogging speed, with all systems shut down in preparation.
I've been through two, I've seen the aftermath of many. This was a good day for almost everybody.
They over-ran the run way in Tegucigalpa. Two passengers on board died. Luckily, most of us route directly to Roatan from the States. Any landing in Tegucigalpa is widely regarded as an e-ticket ride.
YouTube - Cockpit view of a jet landing into Tegucigalpa Honduras TGU <- Here's a video of an uneventful landing.
YouTube - The Ground isnt that close..... <- standing under the approach
I will still buy a TACA ticket any time. I have never wanted to route through Tegus.
By Gustavo Palencia
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A passenger plane skidded off a runway at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday on landing, veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building, killing at least three people.
The TACA airlines Airbus, which had 142 people on board, lay broken in three parts and spewing fuel. Two people were still trapped in cars underneath the wreckage, an aviation official said.
The plane, arriving from San Salvador, circled the airport several times before attempting to land in heavy fog, survivor Mario Castillo told Honduran television.
"Suddenly we felt a big noise and we were all trying desperately to get out," he said. "The worst injured were the people in business class."
Local emergency services chief Carlos Cordero said three people were killed, two who were on board the plane and one who was driving a vehicle hit by the aircraft. Several others, including the pilot, were seriously injured, he told Reuters.
Some 20,000 gallons of fuel had leaked out of the wreckage, posing a serious fire hazard, Cordero said.
The plane zig-zagged off the runway and smacked into some cars, the local TACA manager, Armando Funez, told Honduran television.
Tegucigalpa, nestled in hills, is one of the most treacherous airports for landing in Latin America due to its short runway and difficult approach.
"I am thanking God I am alive -- there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio.
The last time El Salvador's TACA was involved in an accident was in 1993 in Guatemala City when a Boeing 767 airliner overran the runway as it was landing and crashed into some houses. Nobody was killed.
Any doubt? Look at the almost intact condition of this aircraft. It's ruined, but it says a lot about the skills of the crew. And also some great luck. It must have come down the earthen slope at jogging speed, with all systems shut down in preparation.
I've been through two, I've seen the aftermath of many. This was a good day for almost everybody.
They over-ran the run way in Tegucigalpa. Two passengers on board died. Luckily, most of us route directly to Roatan from the States. Any landing in Tegucigalpa is widely regarded as an e-ticket ride.
YouTube - Cockpit view of a jet landing into Tegucigalpa Honduras TGU <- Here's a video of an uneventful landing.
YouTube - The Ground isnt that close..... <- standing under the approach
I will still buy a TACA ticket any time. I have never wanted to route through Tegus.
By Gustavo Palencia
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A passenger plane skidded off a runway at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday on landing, veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building, killing at least three people.
The TACA airlines Airbus, which had 142 people on board, lay broken in three parts and spewing fuel. Two people were still trapped in cars underneath the wreckage, an aviation official said.
The plane, arriving from San Salvador, circled the airport several times before attempting to land in heavy fog, survivor Mario Castillo told Honduran television.
"Suddenly we felt a big noise and we were all trying desperately to get out," he said. "The worst injured were the people in business class."
Local emergency services chief Carlos Cordero said three people were killed, two who were on board the plane and one who was driving a vehicle hit by the aircraft. Several others, including the pilot, were seriously injured, he told Reuters.
Some 20,000 gallons of fuel had leaked out of the wreckage, posing a serious fire hazard, Cordero said.
The plane zig-zagged off the runway and smacked into some cars, the local TACA manager, Armando Funez, told Honduran television.
Tegucigalpa, nestled in hills, is one of the most treacherous airports for landing in Latin America due to its short runway and difficult approach.
"I am thanking God I am alive -- there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio.
The last time El Salvador's TACA was involved in an accident was in 1993 in Guatemala City when a Boeing 767 airliner overran the runway as it was landing and crashed into some houses. Nobody was killed.
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