TAME Flight 120
A section of the destroyed aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 28, 2002 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, navigation error |
| Site | Cumbal Volcano, Colombia 0°56′56″N 77°53′17″W / 0.949°N 77.888°W |
| Aircraft | |
| The aircraft involved in the accident in October 1998 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-134 |
| Aircraft name | El Oro |
| Operator | TAME |
| Registration | HC-BLF |
| Flight origin | Mariscal Sucre International Airport |
| Stopover | Teniente Coronel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport |
| Destination | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport |
| Occupants | 94 |
| Passengers | 87 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 94 |
| Survivors | 0 |
TAME Flight 120 was a Boeing 727-134 airliner, registration HC-BLF, named El Oro, operating as a scheduled international passenger flight between Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia, with a scheduled stopover at the Ecuadorian border town of Tulcán. The aircraft crashed while on approach to Tulcán's Teniente Coronel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport on January 28, 2002. The pilot flew the approach incorrectly in reportedly foggy conditions, and the aircraft crashed into the side of the Cumbal Volcano, located near Ipiales, Colombia, at 10:23 in the morning. All 94 passengers and crew were killed in the crash.