Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 19 July 1994
Aircraft Type: Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante
Owner/operator: Alas Chiricanas
Registration Number: HP-1202AC
Location: 10 km from Colon-Enrique A. Jimenez Airport (ONX) –
ÿ Panama
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A commercial aircraft crashed on a wooded hillside following an in-flight explosion. Twelve Jewish businessmen were among the passengers. The FBI investigated and suspected one passenger, Jamal Lya, was involved in carrying a bomb aboard the aircraft.A commercial aircraft crashed on a wooded hillside following an in-flight explosion. Twelve Jewish businessmen were among the passengers. The FBI investigated and suspected one passenger, Jamal Lya, was involved in carrying a bomb aboard the aircraft.
Description
The aircraft is said to have crashed on a wooded hillside following an in-flight explosion. Twelve Jewish businessmen were among the passengers. The FBI suspected that one of the passengers, a man named Jamal Lya, was responsible for carrying the bomb aboard the aircraft.
Primary Cause
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