| Date: | Monday 17 May 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2A6 |
| Owner/operator: | LADECO - Línea Aérea Del Cobre |
| Registration: | CC-CYR |
| MSN: | 20195/205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL) -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL/SCEL) |
One of the fuel tanks burst open during fuelling of the aircraft. The Boeing was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
Scramble 244
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 January 1992 | 4R-ULL | Air Lanka | 0 | Madras Airport (MAA) |  |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) Bernd Jung; Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL); December 1996
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