Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 06 SEP 2001 |
| Time: | 12:35 PDT |
| Type: | Saab 340B |
| Operator: | Aerolitoral |
| Registration: | XA-ACK |
| C/n / msn: | 340B-183 |
| First flight: | 1990 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CT7-9B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) from Tijuana (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ciudad Juárez-Abraham Gonzalez International Airport (CJS/MMCS), Mexico |
| Tijuana-Rodriguez Airport (TIJ/MMTJ), Mexico | |
| Flightnumber: | 2130 |
Both engines failed and the aircraft carried out an emergency landing on a patch of farm land in the Las Palmas Valley. The aircraft was reportedly be written off.
Sources:
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Map
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 Ciudad Juárez-Abraham Gonzalez International Airport to Tijuana-Rodriguez Airport as the crow flies is 991 km (620 miles).
Distance from Ciudad Juárez-Abraham Gonzalez International Airport to Tijuana-Rodriguez Airport as the crow flies is 991 km (620 miles).
