Aerocaribe Flight 7831

Aerocaribe Flight 7831 was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a short haul flight from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Mexico. On 8 July 2000, as Flight 7831 neared the airport, severe weather in their flight path prompted the captain to ask air traffic control at Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport for permission to go around the severe weather. Air traffic control granted the request and the flight turned to the left, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 struck the ground in a mountainous area. The aircraft burst into flames on impact. Flight 7831 crashed near Chulum Juarez, Mexico and all 19 passengers and crew on board died in the accident.

References

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• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network