Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 JUN 1977 |
| Type: | Embraer 110C Bandeirante |
| Operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar Uruguayo - TAMU |
| Registration: | CX-BJE/T584 |
| C/n / msn: | 110083 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Salto Airport (STY) (Uruguay)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD/SUMU), Uruguay |
| Salto Airport (STY/SUSO), Uruguay |
The aircraft crashed after striking trees in an orange grove, while approaching Salto-Nueva Hesperided in IFR conditions.
The aircraft was on a flight from Carrasco Airport.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Montevideo-Carrasco Airport to Salto Airport as the crow flies is 418 km (261 miles).
Distance from Montevideo-Carrasco Airport to Salto Airport as the crow flies is 418 km (261 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
