Aerocaribe Flight 7831

Aerocaribe Flight 7831

An Aerocaribe Airlines Jetstream 32EP similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	8 July 2000
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Near Chulum Juarez, Mexico
Aircraft
Aircraft type	British Aerospace Jetstream
Operator	Aerocaribe
Registration	N912FJ
Flight origin	Francisco Sarabia National Airport, Mexico
Destination	Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, Mexico
Occupants	19
Passengers	17
Crew	2
Fatalities	19
Survivors	0

Aerocaribe Flight 7831 was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a intra-Mexican short haul flight from Terán Airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Villahermosa, Tabasco. On 8 July 2000, Flight 7831 departed Téran at approximately 19:30. Subsequently, it encountered severe weather, which the captain requested permission from air traffic control (ATC) at Tuxtla Gutiérrez to fly around.

ATC granted the request, and the flight turned to the right, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 crashed in a mountainous area while descending, bursting into flames on impact near Chulum Juarez, Chiapas. All 19 passengers and crew on board died.

External links

• airdisaster.com (Archive)
• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
• Ionides, Nicholas. "Aerocaribe Jetstream 32 crash kills 19." Flight International. 10 July 2000.
• (in Spanish) "Se estrella avion comercial en Chiapas; hay 19 muertos" (Archive). El Universal. Monday 10 July 2000.