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.
An Aerocaribe 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 |
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.[1][2]
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