26 Mar Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 200 (F) – N308GB Arrow Air flight 364, a TriStar 200 was substantially damaged during a hard landing on runway 21 at the Simon Bolivar International Air... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 747-2F6B – N534MC An Atlas Air Boeing 747 (N534MC) suffered an uncontained No. 1 engine failure while climbing through 400 feet after takeoff. The aircra... Continue reading
26 Mar Hawker Siddeley HS-748-285 Srs. 2A – HC-BEY A Hawker Siddeley HS-748 transport plane sustained substantial damage in a ground accident at Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE), Ec... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-224 (F) – HK-3985X A Boeing 727, HK-3985X, operated by Aerosucre, was damaged when the airplane made a hard landing. Visual meteorological conditions prev... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-154M – CU-T1264 Cubana Flight 389, a Tupolev Tu-154M, was preparing for departure back to Havana with a planned en route stop at Guayaquil. During the ... Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild FH-227D – HC-BUF Fairchild HC-BUF was carrying company staff and equipment to the provisional operations base at Ambato. The approach was flown at 100 k... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-251 – HC-BVU Landed 36.5 m short following a low NDB approach to runway 16. The undercarriage struck the raised lip of the runway, causing it to col... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 707-323C – N751MA The Boeing 707, on a cargo flight to Miami (carrying frozen fish and flowers), crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 23. The aircra... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 727-2B6 – PP-LBY The takeoff in rainy weather was aborted below V1 (120 kts), but the Boeing overshot the runway (runway 35), struck the ILS installatio... Continue reading
26 Mar IAI Arava 201 – T-204 The Arava overran the runway on landing, causing the nosegear to collapse. Continue reading