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Expresso Aéreo Flight 028

25 Feb 1994 · Mount Carpish, Huánuco, Peru

Expreso Aéreo Yakovlev Yak-40 · Controlled flight into terrain

From Juanjui Airport (JJI) to Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
31 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
31
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Yakovlev Yak-40

Flight
9D028
Aircraft type
Yakovlev YAK-40
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
OB-1559
Onboard fatalities
31
Route
From Juanjui Airport (JJI)To Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)

Approximate · Estimated position: Huánuco, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

Expresso Aéreo Flight 028 (9D028/EPR028) was a domestic flight from Juanjuí to Lima, with scheduled stopovers at Tocache and Tingo María. On 25 February 1994, the Yakovlev Yak-40 with 31 occupants onboard, operating the flight, collided with Mount Carpish after taking off from Tingo María Airport, killing all 31 onboard.

Accident

The aircraft took off from Tingo María Airport and climbed to 13,000 feet. Six minutes later, the aircraft collided with the slope of Mount Carpish and exploded. The crash happened during a day of bad weather, with heavy rain and dense fog leading to reduced visibility. The plane reportedly crashed into a particular elevation called "Tres Alcantarillas." The wreckage was located 45 kilometers southwest of the airport and spread over 660 feet. Air Force pilots found the aircraft, leading to 35 climbers discovering the wreckage of the aircraft on March 5th in an isolated area.

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Wikipedia article: Expresso Aéreo Flight 028
Article
Expresso Aéreo Flight 028
Revision
1369020222 · 2026-08-12 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q134692799
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Wikipedia article "Expresso Aéreo Flight 028" (page 79305181, revision 1369020222)
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Operation
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Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
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Summary
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