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In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa.
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Honduras
Country in Central America
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boeing 727
Three-engined single-aisle airliner family by Boeing
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TAN-SAHSA Flight 414
1989 aviation accident
TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 was a scheduled flight from Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José, Costa Rica to Toncontín Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with a stopover at Augusto C. Sandino Airport in Managua, Nicaragua on 21 October 1989. Flown with a Boeing 727-200, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Toncontín International Airport
National airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Toncontín Airport formerly Toncontín International Airport, also known as Teniente Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía Airport is a civil and military airport located 6 km (4 mi) from the centre of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tegucigalpa
Capital and largest city of Honduras
Tegucigalpa —formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, and colloquially referred to as Tegus or Teguz—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comayagüela.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
October 21
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