The pure jet age came in 1978 with the purchase of two Boeing 707-320 from Pan American Airways and with those services to Miami began . In 1979 , services started to Madrid and Frankfurt . When another 707 was bought ( 1982 ) , service to Brussels started . Due to noise restrictions , a DC-8-63 ex-Air Canada was bought in 1984 for the route to Miami . During the 1980s other routes were tried like Mexico City and Panama City , but just for a few months . In 1988 , an ex-SPANTAX DC-8-61 was bought . This plane had an accident in Bs.As . in 1990 and was replaced by a leased DC-8-62 for a few months . Also in 1990 , LAP received an ex-United Airlines DC-8-71 ( This aircraft would eventually be bought by Emery Worldwide and would crash as Flight 17 ) , followed by another similar aircraft in 1991
Flight 17
Emery Worldwide Flight 17
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