Date: | Friday 1 February 2008 |
Time: | 10:35 |
Type: | Boeing 727-259 |
Owner/operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
Registration: | CP-2429 |
MSN: | 22475/1690 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 159 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 4,2 km NW of Trinidad Airport (TDD) -
Bolivia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP) |
Destination airport: | Cobija-E. Beltram Airport (CIJ/SLCO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Boeing 727 departed La Paz on a domestic service to Cobija (CIJ). Bad weather at the destination forced the crew to divert to Trinidad (TDD). Reports indicate that the crew carried out a forced landing in an Amazon jungle clearing just short of the airport, possibly as a result of fuel exhaustion.
Sources:
Sin víctimas aterrizaje forzoso de Boeing 727 (Los Tiempos, 1-2-2008)
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2008/20080201_B722_CP-2429_18272.jpg)
photo (c) Ralf Hoffmann Collection, via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); 06 March 2003
![](/photos/wiki/2008/20080201_B722_CP-2429_18273.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) [N]; March 1994
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