Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Boeing 727-259 plane crash
Trinidad, Bolivia
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The Boeing 727 belonging to Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB departed La Paz, Bolivia, on a domestic service to Cobija, Bolivia, with 151 passengers and 8
crewmembers. But fierce storms at the destination forced the crew to divert to the Trinidad, a Bolivian city in the Amazon jungle.
The charter jet was approaching Tinidad when the engines suddenly lost power, possibly because of fuel exhaustion or mechanical failure. The crew carried
out a forced landing in an Amazon jungle clearing just short of the airport. All on board survived. But several passengers were taken to a nearby hospital
for injuries.
The third-engines plane has been substantially damaged, with at least one wing torn off and a landing gear broken.
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Aircraft similar to the one which crashed (Boeing 727-259)
Trinidad, Bolivia (Red dot on map)