| Date: | Tuesday 11 September 1990 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-247 |
| Owner/operator: | Faucett Perú |
| Registration: | OB-1303 |
| MSN: | 20266/760 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 290 km SE off Newfoundland, Canada -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
| Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
The Boeing 727 was ferried back from Malta to Peru after having been leased to Air Malta. The aircraft had left Keflavik for Gander, when at 15:20 a distress message was received by the crew of TWA flight 851 and American 35. The Faucett crew were descending through FL100 with the low fuel light on. They were preparing to ditch. Nothing more was heard from the flight.
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 17.9.90 (42)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 25 August 1990
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