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Accident | |
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Date | 6 September 2011 |
Summary | Controlled flight against terrain [needs update] |
Site | Near Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport, Trinidad, Bolivia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Fairchild SA227-BC Metro III |
Operator | Aerocon |
Registration | CP-2548 |
Flight origin | El Trompillo Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Destination | Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport, Trinidad, Bolivia |
Occupants | 9 |
Passengers | 7 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 8 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
On 6 September 2011, Aerocon Flight 238, a Fairchild Metro III regional passenger aircraft on a service from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Trinidad, Bolivia, crashed on approach to Trinidad, killing eight of the nine people on board.[1]