Draft:Expresso Aéreo Flight 028
{{Short description|1994 aviation accident in Peru}}
{{Draft topics|transportation|engineering}}
{{AfC topic|other}}
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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name = Expresso Aéreo Flight 028
| image = Yakovlev Yak-40, Rossiya Airlines JP7762443.jpg
| image_upright = 1.15
| caption = A Yak-40 of Rossiya Airlines, similar to the one involved
| occurrence_type = Accident
| date = {{Start date|1994|02|25|df=y}}
| summary = Controlled flight into terrain
| site = Mount Carpish, Huánuco, Peru
| aircraft_type = Yakovlev Yak-40
| operator = Expreso Aéreo
| plane1_IATA = 9D028
| plane1_ICAO = EPR028
| plane1_callsign = EXPRESSO PERU 028
| tail_number = OB-1559
| origin = Juanjuí Airport, Juanjuí
| stopover0 = Tocache Airport, Tocache
| last_stopover = Tingo María Airport, Tingo María
| destination = Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima
| occupants = 31
| passengers = 26
| crew = 5
| fatalities = 31
| survivors = 0
}}
Expresso Aéreo Flight 028 (9D028/EPR028) was a domestic flight from Juanjuí to Lima, with scheduled stopovers at Tocache and Tingo María. On 25 February 1994, the Yakovlev Yak-40 with 31 occupants onboard, operating the flight, collided with Mount Carpish after taking off from Tingo María Airport, killing all 31 onboard.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=CFIT Accident Yakovlev Yak-40 OB-1559, Friday 25 February 1994 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/325037 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}} The investigation made by Peru’s Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents was unable to conclude the cause of the incident due to the location of the wreckage.{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 on Mt Carpish: 31 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-yakovlev-yak-40-mt-carpish-31-killed |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Yak-40 with serial number 9640251. It was manufactured in 1976 and was operated under Aeroflot (identification number 88233).{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=CFIT Accident Yakovlev Yak-40 OB-1559, Friday 25 February 1994 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/325037 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 on Mt Carpish: 31 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-yakovlev-yak-40-mt-carpish-31-killed |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}} After the fall of the USSR, the airliner was transferred to the Russian airline of Cheremshanka. The aircraft was given to Expresso Aéreo on 17 February 1994 as OB-1559.{{Cite web |title=Yak-40 c/n 9640251 |url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/205_80010 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Scramble Soviet Transport Database}}
Occupants
| class="wikitable"
|+Nationalities of occupants{{Cite web |last=Tiempo |first=Redacción El |date=1994-02-26 |title=PERU DESAPARECE AVIÓN |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-56272 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish}} !Nation !Occupants |
| Peruvian
|29 |
| Russian
|2 |
The crew consisted of three Peruvians and two Russians.{{Cite web |last=Tiempo |first=Redacción El |date=1994-02-27 |title=PERU TRAGEDIA AÉREA |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-57573 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish}} The pilot and flight engineer were Russian.{{Cite news |date=27 February 1994 |title=Hallan avíon desaparecido, sin sobrevivientes |url=https://books.google.co.th/books?id=ZA1DAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=PERU+DESAPARECE+AVI%C3%93N+con+31+personas+Expresso+A%C3%A9reo&article_id=3940,6471206&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkh6iMwIuMAxVriq8BHYpvH1wQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=PERU%2520DESAPARECE%2520AVI%C3%93N%2520con%252031%2520personas%2520Expresso%2520A%C3%A9reo&f=false |work=La Opinion |pages=2B}} The first officer of the flight was the son of the airline’s CEO, Martín Perochena.
Accident
The aircraft took off from Tingo María Airport and climbed to 13,000 feet. Six minutes later, the aircraft collided with the slope of Mount Carpish and exploded. The wreckage was located 45 kilometers southwest away from the airport and spread 660 feet. Air Force pilots found the aircraft,{{Cite web |last=By |date=1994-02-27 |title=RUSSIAN PLANE CRASHES IN PERU, 29 MAY HAVE DIED |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/27/russian-plane-crashes-in-peru-29-may-have-died/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}} leading to 35 climbers discovering the wreckage of the aircraft on March 5th in an isolated area.{{Cite news |title=Escaladors constátan muerte de 31 personas en accidente aéreo en Peru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhFDAAAAIBAJ&q=Expresso+A%C3%A9reo&pg=PA9&article_id=2218,1244692#v=onepage |work=La Opinion |page=9}}
Aftermath
The investigation by Peru’s Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents was unable to conclude the cause of the incident due to the location of the wreckage. However, the crash is reported to have effectively ended commercial air links between Tingo María and Lima until LC Perú resumed the route in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Correo |date=2012-10-10 |title=Renician vuelos comerciales en Tingo María |url=http://diariocorreo.pe/ciudad/renician-vuelos-comerciales-en-tingo-maria-225798/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241203044604/https://diariocorreo.pe/ciudad/renician-vuelos-comerciales-en-tingo-maria-225798/ |archive-date=2024-12-03 |access-date=2025-03-08 |work=Correo |language=es-PE}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/325037 Accident description] at the Aviation Safety Network