1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

The 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash occurred on May 5, 1998 a Boeing 737-282, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian Air Force) and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas, a town in Peru close to the border with Ecuador, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived.^[1]

1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash

The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with TAP Portugal
Accident
Date	5 May 1998 (1998-05-05)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather
Site	Three kilometers from Andoas, Peru 2.778°S 76.502°W / -2.778; -76.502
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-282
Operator	Occidental Petroleum
Registration	FAP-351
Flight origin	Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos
Destination	Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport, Andoas
Occupants	88
Passengers	80
Crew	8
Fatalities	75
Survivors	13

Occidental Petroleum chartered the aircraft to transport workers to the Andoas oil field.^[2] The aircraft was registered as FAP-351 (c/n 23041 / m/n 962) and had only entered service with the Peruvian Air Force a few weeks before the crash.^[1]

Crash

The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time while on an NDB approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport at Andoas. The aircraft crashed three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) short of Andoas.^[2] It was scheduled to arrive at Andoas at 21:17 local time.^[1]

Medical teams were delayed more than a day in reaching the crash site due to poor weather, with the survivors being carried on stretchers in torrential rain to a medical post in Andoas because the weather prevented their evacuation by helicopter.^[3] Later, a Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 rescue aircraft flew to Andoas, carrying a medical team, crash experts and police investigators.^[3]