Boeing 727-200 crash, Feb 1, 2008, Trinidad-Jorge Heinric...
Boeing 727-200 accident on February 1, 2008 near Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz, Beni, Bolivia with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion forced an...
- Date: February 1, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz, Beni, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion forced an emergency landing after the diversion, and the aircraft came down short of the runway in marshy terrain.
A LAB Boeing 727 flying La Paz to Cobija was diverted to Trinidad when Cobija was closed by weather. Fuel ran short and the crew made an emergency landing, crash-landing in a wooded marsh about 4 km short of the runway. All 159 occupants were rescued, and the aircraft was written off.