NewzOn August 23, 2005, TANS Peru Flight 204 took off from Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima at 14:24, bound for Pucallpa with a subsequent continuation to Iquitos. Aboard the aircraft were 98 people, consisting of 91 passengers and seven crew members.
The flight ended in a tragedy that resulted in 40 fatalities. The accident and its underlying causes profoundly impacted the aviation sector in Peru, serving as a turning point that changed national aviation safety and standards.
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