Flight 390 operated by El Salvador airline TACA with an Airbus A320 overran the runway upon landing at 9:45 am today at
Local press reports indicate the aircraft skidded off the runway, veered onto a road and smashed into a car and a building. The aircraft was reportedly broken into three parts and was spewing more than 2,000 gallons of fuel.
TACA says all 124 passengers onboard the aircraft, en route from
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The aircraft, Irish plate EI-TAF, series number 1374, was built on 4 January 2001. By 29 May it had accumulated 21,957 flight hours and 9,992 landings.
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