| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 28, 2002 |
| Time: | c 11:00 |
| Location: | Near Ipiales, Colombia |
| Operator: | TAME |
| Flight #: | 120 |
| Route: | Quito - Tulcán - Cali |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-727-134 |
| Registration: | HC-BLF |
| cn / ln: | 19692/498 |
| Aboard: | 92 (passengers:83 crew:9) |
| Fatalities: | 92 (passengers:83 crew:9) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The airliner crashed into the fogbound 15,721 ft. Nevado de Cumbal volcano, in the Andes mountains, near the Ecuador / Colombian border. Air traffic control lost contact with the plane as it circled into Colombian territory to maneuver around snow capped mountain peaks and return to the Ecuadorian border city of Tulcán. |
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