Miami - Lima - Santiago

On October 2, 1996 at 01:11 AM, Miami - Lima - Santiago experienced a crash involving Boeing 757-200, operated by AeroPeru, with the event recorded near Lima Lima.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

70 people were known to be on board, 70 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 61, passenger fatalities: 61, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Lima-Jorge Chávez Airport at 0042LT on an international regular service to Santiago de Chile, carrying 61 passengers and a crew of nine. When they took off and reached speed V2 + 10, the crew noticed that the altimeters were not responding and that something irregular was occurring. They therefore decided to notify the control tower in Lima to declare an emergency, consulted Lima for confirmation of their altitude by radar, and requested assistance to return via radar vectors. After 29 minutes of flight, while returning to Lima airport and with the crew attempting to control the aircraft, it impacted with the sea 48 nautical miles from the airport, with the total loss of the aircraft and all of its occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration N52AW, MSN 25489, year of manufacture 1992.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -11.9676°, -77.0114°.