TACA Flight 390

TACA Flight 390
The wreckage of TACA Flight 390
Accident
DateMay 30, 2008
SummaryRunway overrun, pilot error
SiteToncontín International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
14°04′13″N 87°12′51″W / 14.0702°N 87.2141°W / 14.0702; -87.2141
Total fatalities5 (including 2 on the ground)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAirbus A320-233
OperatorTACA
RegistrationEI-TAF[1]
Flight originEl Salvador International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador
1st stopoverToncontín International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2nd stopoverRamón Villeda Morales International Airport, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
DestinationMiami International Airport, Miami, Florida
Passengers124
Crew11
Fatalities3[2]
Injuries65
Survivors121
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities2

TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA International from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula in Honduras.[3] The aircraft, an Airbus A320-233, overran the runway after landing at Tegucigalpa's Toncontín International Airport and rolled out into a street, crashing into an embankment and smashing several cars in the process.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ASN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Flightstats for TA390 SAL-TGU-SAP-MIA". May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Fatal crash at Honduran airport". BBC News. May 31, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2020.