TAME Flight 120 , a Boeing 727-100 , en route from Quito , Ecuador , crashed into the side of the Cumbal Volcano , nearby Teniente Airport on 28 January 2002 . There were no survivors of the 87 passengers and 7 crew on board . The crash was caused by the aircraft 's pilot flying at an excessive speed for the holding pattern , which caused it to exceed the holding pattern safe airspace and crash into the volcano . This was one of the deadliest incidents involving TAME after a Boeing 737-200 on a similar route crashed killing all 117 on board
TAME Flight 120
TAME Flight 120
Teniente Coronel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport