Aerocaribe Flight 7831

Aerocaribe Flight 7831
	An Aerocaribe Jetstream 32EP similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	8 July 2000
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico ; 17°24′0″N 92°28′59″W / 17.40000°N 92.48306°W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	British Aerospace Jetstream
Operator	Aerocaribe
Registration	N912FJ
Flight origin	Francisco Sarabia National Airport, Mexico
Destination	Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, Mexico
Occupants	19
Passengers	17
Crew	2
Fatalities	19
Survivors	0

Aerocaribe Flight 7831 was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a intra-Mexican short haul flight from Terán Airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Villahermosa, Tabasco. On 8 July 2000, Flight 7831 departed Téran at approximately 19:30. Subsequently, it encountered severe weather, which the captain requested permission from air traffic control (ATC) at Tuxtla Gutiérrez to fly around.

ATC granted the request, and the flight turned to the right, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 crashed in a mountainous area while descending, bursting into flames on impact near Chulum Juarez, Chiapas. All 19 passengers and crew on board died.^[1]^[2]

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

"Accident Synopsis 07082000". AirDisaster.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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.

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[1] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32EP N912FJ Chulum Juarez". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[2] "Commercial Plane in Chiapas; there are 19 dead". eluniversal.com. El Universal. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Mexico
1940s-1950s	1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash (September 1949) Aeronaves de México Flight 111 (June 1958)
1960s-1970s	Mexicana Flight 704 (June 1969) Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801 (September 1969) Aeroméxico Flight 229 (June 1973) Western Airlines Flight 2605 (October 1979)
1980s-1990s	Aeroméxico Flight 230 (July 1981) Aeroméxico Flight 110 (November 1981) Mexicana Flight 940 (March 1986) TAESA Flight 725 (November 1999)
2000s-2010s	Aerocaribe Flight 7831 (July 2000) November 2008 Mexico City Learjet crash (November 2008) Aeroméxico Flight 576 (September 2009) Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 (July 2018)

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