A Boeing 727 taking off from Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport
crashed in Colombian territory Monday morning, January 28, 2002. Ecuador's TAME
airplane was on its way from Quito to Tulcán, a northern Ecuadorian border town,
and then on to Cali, Colombia. Eighty-five passengers, mostly Ecuadorians and
Colombians, and nine crewmembers were aboard the plane that lost contact at
10:23 in the morning. Rescue operations from Ecuador and Colombia have been
mobilized.
News Stories:
"TAME: el rescate de las 92 víctimas inicia hoy"
El Comercio, (Quito, Ecuador) January 30, 2002
"Accidentado avión de TAME con 92 personas"
El Comercio, (Quito, Ecuador) January 28, 2002
"Autoridades no confirman accidente de avión"
Diario Hoy, (Quito, Ecuador) January 28, 2002
"43 Colombianos viajaban en avión ecuartoriano que se accidentó"
El Pais , (Cali, Colombia) January 15, 2002
"Ecuador airliner crashes in Colombia"
BBC News, January 28, 2002