Aerocaribe Flight 7831
Introduction '''Aerocaribe Flight 7831''' was a British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP, registration N912FJ, with 17 passengers and 2 crew on a intra-Mexican short haul flight from Terán Airport in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport in Villahermosa, Tabasco. On 8 July 2000, Flight 7831 departed Téran at approximately 19:30.Subsequently, it encountered severe weather, which the captain requested permission from air traffic control (ATC) at Tuxtla Gutiérrez to fly around.ATC granted the request, and the flight turned to the right, but at 19:50 Flight 7831 crashed in a mountainous area while descending, bursting into flames on impact near Chulum Juarez, Chiapas. All 19 passengers and crew on board died.
See also *2000 East Coast Aviation Services British Aerospace Jetstream crash
References
External links * ()** Ionides, Nicholas. " Aerocaribe Jetstream 32 crash kills 19." ''Flight International''. 10 July 2000. * " Se estrella avion comercial en Chiapas; hay 19 muertos" ( Archive). ''El Universal''. Monday 10 July 2000.