TACA Flight 510

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TACA Flight 510
Summary
Date April 6, 1993
Type Overshot runway
Site La Aurora Airport, Guatemala City
Passengers 227
Crew 9
Injuries 3
Fatalities 0
Survivors 236 (all)
Aircraft type Boeing 767-2S1ER
Operator TACA International Airlines
Tail number N767TA

TACA Flight 510 was a flight from San Salvador to Guatemala City which, on April 6, 1993, landed too far up the runway and careened off at a speed of 90 knots for 300 metres.

The seven-year-old Boeing 767-2S1ER struck the perimeter fence, went down a hill, crashed through a cinder block house and struck another house before coming to a standstill. Three people on the ground were injured after disembarking.

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