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Copa Airlines Flight 201
1992 aviation accident in Panama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Copa Airlines Flight 201[2] was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On 6 June 1992, the Boeing 737-204 Advanced operating the route rolled, entered a steep dive, disintegrated in mid-air, and crashed into the jungle of the Darién Gap 29 minutes after takeoff, killing all 47 people on board. The in-flight break-up was caused by faulty instrument readings and several other contributing factors, including incomplete training.
![]() HP-1205-CMP, the plane involved in the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 6 June 1992 |
Summary | Instrument malfunction leading to spatial disorientation and pilot error; loss of control resulting in in-flight breakup |
Site | Darién Gap, near Tucutí, Panama 7°54′42″N 78°1′18″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-204 Advanced[1] |
Operator | Copa Airlines |
Registration | HP-1205CMP |
Flight origin | Tocumen International Airport |
Destination | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport |
Occupants | 47 |
Passengers | 40 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 47 |
Survivors | 0 |
Flight 201 is the deadliest accident in Panamanian aviation history, and the only fatal crash in the history of Copa Airlines.[3][4]