Air traffic controllers lost contact with a Transportes Aereos Nacionales (TANS) Fokker F28 Mk1000 as it approached Chachapoyas Airport in the mountains of north-east Peru at 08.43 local time on 9 January, about 3min from its destination. The crew put out an emergency call, and at 08.45 the airport announced the aircraft missing.
TANS says weather conditions were clear visibility and scattered clouds, and the aircraft had sufficient fuel to divert.
An airborne search and rescue effort was mounted, but suspended as the weather worsened dramatically. Late last week the 28-year-old twinjet (OB-1396/FAP390) had not been found. There were 42 passengers and four crew aboard the weekly scheduled flight from the seaside town of Chiclayo.
Source: Flight International
