TACA Flight 110
View of Flight 110 as it came to rest on the levee | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | May 24, 1988 |
| Summary | Emergency landing after dual engine flameout due to hail ingestion in severe thunderstorm |
| Site | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 30°00′37″N 89°55′42″W / 30.01028°N 89.92833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| N75356, the aircraft involved in the incident | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-3T0 |
| Operator | TACA International Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TA110 |
| ICAO flight No. | TAI110 |
| Call sign | TACA 110 |
| Registration | N75356 |
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| Stopover | |
| Destination |
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| Occupants | 45 |
| Passengers | 38 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 45 |
TACA Flight 110 was a scheduled international airline flight operated by TACA International Airlines, traveling from San Salvador to New Orleans, with a stopover in Belize City. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to New Orleans International Airport. As a result, the brand new Boeing 737-300 suffered flameout in both engines while descending through a severe thunderstorm, but the pilots made a successful emergency landing on a grass levee adjacent to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, with no one aboard sustaining more than a few minor injuries, and with only minor hail damage to the intact aircraft. Following an on-site engine replacement, the jetliner took off from Saturn Boulevard, a road which had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service until it was finally retired in 2016.