Peru

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    3 helicopters crash in Peru

    What: helicopter
    Where: La Convencion, Peru
    When: Thursday Oct 1 2009
    Who: pilot Luis Miguel Gonzales Aguilar, mechanic Sandro Tello Rios and the manager of the air company, Reynaldo Espinosa Fonseca
    Why: unresolved

    After three helicopter accidents occurred in two hours on Thursday, and Sunday’s accident with the plane that took off from Campo de Marte, the National Civil Aviation (ANAC) Allemander Pereira Filho has been ordered to implement an adequate surveillance system to see if the rules are complied with, and which will require stricter standards.

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    Peruvian Boeing Emergency Landing in Peru

    What: Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 en route to Quito
    Where: coastal city of Chiclayo, 770 km (478 miles) north of Lima
    When: Mon Aug 10, 2009
    Who: Peruvian President Alan Garcia
    Why: While en route to a summit meeting, Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s plane’s windshield suffered a crack and had to land.

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    Faucett Crash in Peru


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    What: Faucett Boeing 737-222 en route from Lima to Arequipa Peru
    Where: Mountainous terrain 2.5 miles west of runway 9
    When: February 29, 1996
    Who: 117 passengers, 2 flight crew, 4 cabin crew
    Why: Faucett flight 251, Boeing 737-222 crashed about 2015 eastern standard time on VOR?DME approach to runway 9 at Rodriguez Ballon Airport, Arequipa Peru. The flight was en route from Lima International and had 117 passengers, 2 flught crew, 4 cabin crew, all fatally injured. The flight crew made no indication to problems to ATC and impactd near the top of a ridge 2.5 miles west of runway 9 The main fuselage carried over the initial ridge and impacted ner the top of the second ridge 1/3 mile east. The empennage fell to an arroyo in between. Factors that contributed to the crash were poor night time visibility, darkness and the heavy fog.