Crash of a TACA A320 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 30 May 2008

http://tinyurl.com/airsafe-taca - The aircraft was on a scheduled international flight from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The aircraft landed, overran the runway, went down an embankment, and struck several vehicles. One of the six crew members and two of the 118 passengers were killed. Two people outside the aircraft were also killed.

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[bombarderoazul]

they should close that dangerous airport. or flights should be diverted to El Salvador and then fly in a smaller regional aircraft to Honduras.

[pikapoketpu]

Taking the bus is more dangerous than flying into Tegucigalpa, you should know. No airport , bar none, with airline service can be considered dangerous because if it was, no airline would fly there.

[greenbow100]

ever since i saw this in the news... i never went decided to go to tegucigalpas airport.. i now go to san pedros airport its much safer...:) i go grab a bus from san pedro and go to tegucigalpa...

[9753241860hb]

the Lima Airport has one runway that is 70m wide by 3500m long

[laa1664]

Nevermind...it was Aviateca...

[laa1664]

If I'm not mistaken...didn't a TACA plane crash on a mountain in the 90's?

[GIONIC1969]

TONCONTIN , TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS...IT'S KNOW ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BE THE MOST SHORTEST AND DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EVER BUILT. THEY SHOULD RECONSIDERED NOMORE LANDINGS NOR TAKE OFF AT THAT AIRPORT.

[sbmrunning]

nice narration ! Good work !

[walter paulet]

this a320 landed too fast and too hight.. there`s a video on youtube that shows a A 318 landing on the middle of the runway ! U.u but i was a a318 was smaller than this one ! ! on my country ( Peru ) there`s the Jorge Chavez the measures of the runway are ! wide: 15 metters ( i guess ) per

7.000metters ! even with those measures an A380 wouldnt land here U.u ! Sh1t xD :)

Good luck :D

[louis4512]

hmm yeah ur right that's crazy.. you really have to be skilled to land there... 1800 metters. ? is that around 5,500 feet ?? Im just trying to get an idea, I land in el monte and its only 4000 feet but then again is only a cessna not a320 .