Aeronor Flight 304

Aeronor Flight 304
	A Fairchild F-27 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	December 9, 1982
Summary	Engine failure
Site	Near La Florida Airport, La Serena
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fairchild F-27
Operator	Aeronor Chile
Registration	CC-CJE
Flight origin	Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago, Chile
Destination	Cerro Moreno International Airport, Antofagasta
Passengers	42
Crew	4
Fatalities	46
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

Aeronor Flight 304 was a Chilean domestic flight between the cities of Santiago and Antofagasta with two intermediate stops. On December 9, 1982, the Fairchild F-27 operating the flight crashed near La Florida Airport, in the Chilean city of La Serena. All 46 passengers and crew on board died.[1]

Accident

The Fairchild F-27 of Aeronor Chile was flying from Santiago to Antofagasta, with stops in La Serena and Copiapó.

The aircraft took off from Santiago at 09:40 (UTC−4), reaching the city of La Serena at 10:25. A few minutes before it was scheduled to land at La Florida Airport, the aircraft suffered a malfunction in one of its engines. After this, at 10:29, it crashed into a stone wall located in an area called "Parcela Seis" (Lot Six) at Alfalfares, located approximately 800 meters northeast of the airport terminal. After the aircraft crashed, it caught fire and was almost completely burnt. It is estimated that the aircraft crashed at a speed of 180 km/h. All forty-two passengers and four crew members were killed by the crash or subsequent fire.

Initially, the accident was mistaken for an emergency drill at the airport in La Serena which had commenced a few hours before the tragedy. A television crew from Canal 8 UCV TV, who were shooting scenes of the drill, managed to capture the Aeronor aircraft on fire shortly after the crash.[2]

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References

"46 muertos al estrellarse un avión en Chile" (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: El País. EFE. 10 December 1992. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24.
Armando Tapia (2008). "Canal 8: Desclasificando los archivos de la primera señal regional". El Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 9, 2011.

External links

Aeronor Flight 304 on Airdisaster.com

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[1] "46 muertos al estrellarse un avión en Chile" (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: El País. EFE. 10 December 1992. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24.

[2] Armando Tapia (2008). "Canal 8: Desclasificando los archivos de la primera señal regional". El Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 9, 2011.