Boeing 727-200 crash, Sep 11, 1990 (16 killed), Atlantic...
Boeing 727-200 accident on September 11, 1990 near Atlantic Ocean, World with 16 fatalities. Cause: Pilot navigational error led to fuel exhaustion,...
- Date: September 11, 1990
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Atlantic Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot navigational error led to fuel exhaustion, followed by a ditching attempt
Faucett Peru Boeing 727-247 (OB-1303), being ferried from Malta to Lima after a lease to Air Malta, disappeared over the North Atlantic on 11 September 1990 on the Keflavik to Gander leg. The crew reported a low fuel emergency and planned to ditch, but no wreckage or occupants were found, and all 16 people aboard are presumed dead.