Boeing 727-100 crash, Jan 28, 2002 (94 killed), Mt El Cumbal
Boeing 727-100 accident on January 28, 2002 near Mt El Cumbal, Nariño, Colombia with 94 fatalities. Cause: The crew's decision to continue toward...
- Date: January 28, 2002
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Mt El Cumbal, Nariño, Colombia
- Fatalities: 94
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew's decision to continue toward Tulcan below the company minimum weather conditions, and inadequate navigation and handling of the aircraft, including a holding pattern flown at excessive speed and bank.
A TAME Boeing 727 on scheduled flight EQ120 from Quito to Cali via Tulcan flew a descent and holding procedure at excessive speed and too steep a bank in cloud below minimums. It struck the slope of Mt El Cumbal about 30 km northwest of Ipiales and broke up, killing all 94 people aboard.