Due to a defective hydraulic pump the Boeing 767 was not available for Birgenair Flight 301 from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt via Berlin on 6 February 1996 so that this flight was carried out exceptionally with a Birgenair Boeing 757-200 ( TC-GEN ) . Due to the shorter range of this type a refuel stop in Gander ( Canada ) was planned . The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Plata Airport . Birgenair had leased this Boeing 757 in November 1995 to the Argentine airline Servicios de Transportes Aéreos Fueguinos ( STAF ) and operated it on five flights between the Dominican Republic and Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) until January 1996 . Afterwards the aircraft was not transferred back to Turkey , but remained in Puerto Plata
Birgenair Flight 301
Birgenair Flight 301
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