Aerocaribe Flight 7831
Aerocaribe Flight 7831 was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a short haul flight from Terán Airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Villahermosa, Tabasco, both cities in Mexico. On 8 July 2000 Flight 7831 departed the airport at approximately 19:30 and encountered severe weather in their flight path. The captain to requested permission to circumvent the severe weather from air traffic control (ATC) at Tuxtla Gutiérrez. ATC granted the request and the flight turned to the right, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 struck the ground in a mountainous area while descending, bursting into flames on impact. Flight 7831 crashed near Chulum Juarez (Chiapas) and all passengers and crew on board died in the site of the accident.[1][2]
 An Aerocaribe Airlines Jetstream 32EP similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 July 2000 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream |
| Operator | Aerocaribe |
| Registration | N912FJ |
| Flight origin | Francisco Sarabia National Airport, Mexico |
| Destination | Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, Mexico |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 19 |
| Survivors | 0 |
References
- Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32EP N912FJ Chulum Juarez". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "Commercial Plane in Chiapas; there are 19 dead". eluniversal.com. El Universal. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External links
- airdisaster.com (Archive)
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- Ionides, Nicholas. "Aerocaribe Jetstream 32 crash kills 19." Flight International. 10 July 2000.
- (in Spanish) "Se estrella avion comercial en Chiapas; hay 19 muertos" (Archive). El Universal. Monday 10 July 2000.