On January 28 , 2002 , Flight 120 , a Boeing 727 – 100 with registration HC-BLF , departed from Mariscal Sucre Airport , Quito en route to Tulcán . Several minutes outside Tulcán , the control tower lost contact with the aircraft . The aeroplane collided with the Cumbal Volcano causing the death of all 94 passengers and crew . The crash occurred because the captain flew too fast into the final turn
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