Criminal Occurrence description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 JUL 1994 |
| Time: | ca 16:30 |
| Type: | Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante |
| Operator: | Alas Chiricanas |
| Registration: | HP-1202AC |
| C/n / msn: | 110375 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) from Colon-Enrique A. Jimenez Airport (ONX) (Panama) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Colon-Enrique A. Jimenez Airport (ONX/MPEJ), Panama |
| Panama City (unknown airport), Panama |
The aircraft is said to have crashed on a wooded hillside following an in-flight explosion. Twelve Jewish businessmen were among the passengers.
Sources:
» Air Safety Week 25.07.1994 (p. 4)
» Haagsche Crt 20.7(4)
» Scramble 183
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.
