TANS Perú

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| airline = TANS Perú

| image = Logo Tans Peru.png

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| IATA = TJ

| ICAO = ELV

| callsign = Aereos Selva

| founded = {{Start date|1963}}

| commenced = {{Start date|1999|11}}

| ceased = {{End date|2006}}

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| hubs = {{ubl|Jorge Chávez International Airport}}

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| destinations = 11

| parent = Peruvian Government (100%)

| headquarters = Miraflores, Lima, Peru

| key_people = Fernando Levano Castillo (President)

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.tansperu.com.pe/index10.html Tansperu.com.pe/index10.html]

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TANS Perú, an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva, was a Peruvian airline based in Lima. The airline was headquartered at the Miraflores District in the capital city of the country. Completely state-owned, the carrier operated scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services from its main base at Jorge Chávez International Airport.

History

TANS (also known as Grupo Aéreo de Transporte 42 was established in 1963 as an arm of the Peruvian Air Force, based at the remote city of Iquitos, inaccessible by road, and tasked with providing scheduled airline flights, together with fulfilling search and rescue and medevac needs. In 1988, its fleet consisted of a mixture of Pilatus PC-6 Porters and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, mainly operating as floatplanes. Although its missions were mainly civilian, it remained part of the Air Force until 1999, being granted civil certification in November 1999.{{cite magazine|title=Andean Air Power...The Peruvian Air Force|magazine=Air International|date=May 1988|volume= 34|issue= 5|pages=224–234, 240|issn=0306-5634}}{{rp|232–233}}

At {{start date|2000|3}}, the fleet included three Boeing 737-200s, seven de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, one Fokker F-28 Mk1000 and five HAMC Y-12-IIs; at this time, services to Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Iquitos, Juanjuí, Juliaca, Lima, Piura, Pucallpa, Rioja, Trujillo and Yurimaguas were operated. In {{start date|2006|1}} the airline's license was suspended by the Peruvian Government.{{cite news |title= Peru Suspends operations of its National Airline |newspaper= Caribbean News Digital|date= 19 January 2006|url= http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/noticia/peru-suspends-operations-its-national-airline |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160405210021/http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/noticia/peru-suspends-operations-its-national-airline |archivedate= 5 April 2016}}

Destinations

File:TANS Perú Boeing 737-200 OB-1806-P PEM 2005-8-8.png at Padre Aldamiz Airport in 2005]]

TANS Perú served the following destinations throughout its history:

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!style="background:#E8000D; color: white" rowspan="2"|City

!style="background:#E8000D; color: white" colspan="2"|Airport code

!style="background:#E8000D; color: white" rowspan="2"|Airport name

!style="background:#E8000D; color: white" rowspan="2"|Notes

style="background:#E8000D; color: white"|IATA

!style="background:#E8000D; color: white"|ICAO

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|align=center colspan="6"|{{PER}}

Arequipaalign=center|AQPalign=center|SPQURodríguez Ballón International Airportalign=center|
Cuzcoalign=center|CUZalign=center|SPZOAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airportalign=center|
Iquitosalign=center|IQTalign=center|SPQTCrnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airportalign=center|
Juliacaalign=center|JULalign=center|SPJLInca Manco Cápac International Airportalign=center|
Limaalign=center|LIMalign=center|SPIMJorge Chávez International Airport{{Airline hub}}
Piuraalign=center|PIUalign=center|SPURCap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airportalign=center|
Pucallpaalign=center|PCLalign=center|SPCLFAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airportalign=center|
Puerto Maldonadoalign=center|PEMalign=center|SPTUPadre Aldamiz International Airportalign=center|
Tarapotoalign=center|TPPalign=center|SPSTCad. FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airportalign=center|
Tumbesalign=center|TBPalign=center|SPMECap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airportalign=center|

Accidents and incidents

Aviation Safety Network records six accidents/incidents for the airline, of which five led to fatalities; the number of casualties involved in these deadly accidents totals 105.{{cite web|title= Accident record for TANS Perú|url= https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/4736|publisher= Aviation Safety Network|access-date= 11 November 2011}} All the events the airline experienced throughout its history carried with the hull-loss of the aircraft involved. Following is the list of these events.

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style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Date

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Location

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Aircraft

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Tail number

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Fate

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white"|Fatalities

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white" class="unsortable"|Description of the event

!style="background-color:#E8000D; color:white" class="unsortable"|Refs

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1992|8|27}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}}San Antonio del Estrecho}}

|align=center|{{nowrap|Twin Otter 300}}

|align=center|OB-1153

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|8}}/21

|The pilot attempted to land the aircraft on the Algodón River following the loss of power. Hit trees on approach and crashed.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|title= OB-1499|id= 19920827-0|accessdate= 11 November 2011}}{{cite magazine|title= Airline safety review – Fatal accidents: Regional and commuter operations|magazine= Flight International|date=27 January – 2 February 1993|page=30|format= PDF|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200164.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161102212747/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200164.html|archive-date= 2 November 2016}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1992|10|21}}

|{{flagicon|PER}} Lake Caballochoa

|align=center|Twin Otter 300

|align=center|OB-1155

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|8}}/11

|Crashed into a lake following an engine failure.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|id= 19921021-1|title= OB-1155|accessdate= 16 November 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|5|14}}

|{{flagicon|PER}} Atalaya

|align=center|{{nowrap|Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II}}

|align=center|OB-1499

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|0}}

|Overran the runway on landing.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|title= OB-1499|id=19930514-0|accessdate= 24 October 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|4|4}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}} Iquitos}}

|align=center|Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-II

|align=center|OB-1498

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|3}}/3

|Crashed during initial climbout, shortly after takeoff from Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|title= OB-1498|accessdate= 11 November 2011|id= 19950404-0}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|1|9}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}} Chachapoyas}}

|align=center|Fokker F-28-1000

|align=center|OB-1396

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|46}}/46

|The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled LimaChiclayo–Chachapoyas passenger service as Flight 222. Crashed into {{Interlanguage link multi|Cerro Coloque|es}} on approach to the final destination airport.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|title= OB-1396|id= 20030109-0|accessdate= 24 October 2011}}

align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|2005|8|23}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|PER}} Pucallpa}}

|align=center|Boeing 737-200

|align=center|OB-1809-P

|align=center|W/O

|align=center|{{nts|40}}/98

|Crash-landed in a swampland on approach to Pucallpa Airport amid a hail storm. Was operating a domestic scheduled Lima–Pucallpa–Iquitos passenger service as Flight 204.

|align=center|{{ASN accident|title= OB-1809-P|accessdate= 11 November 2011|id= 20050823-0}}

See also

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References

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{{cite magazine|title= World airline directory – TANS - Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de la Selva|magazine= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 157|number= 4720|date= 21–27 March 2000|page= 104|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200848.html|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110222502/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200848.html|archivedate= November 10, 2013| url-status=live}}

{{cite magazine|title= World Airline Directory – TANS (Transportes Aereos Nacionales de la Selva)|magazine= Flight International|issn= 0015-3710|number= 4774|volume= 159|date= 3–9 April 2001|page= 86|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001%20-%201198.html |url-status=live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121105085710/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001%20-%201198.html|archivedate= November 5, 2012}}

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