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TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
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TAME Flight 120
2002 plane crash near Ipiales, Colombia
TAME Flight 120 was a Boeing 727-134 airliner, registration HC-BLF, named El Oro, operating as a scheduled international passenger flight between Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia, with a scheduled stopover at the Ecuadorian border town of Tulcán. The aircraft crashed while on…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boeing 727
Three-engined single-aisle airliner family by Boeing
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports. On December 5, 1960, the 727…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Andes
Mountain range in South America
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 km (5,500 mi) long and 200 to 700 km wide and has an average height of about…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Colombia
Country in South America
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)