Colorado County, near Eagle Lake, Texas, USA 29°31′38″N96°23′21″W / 29.52722°N 96.38917°W / 29.52722; -96.38917
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Embraer EMB 120RT Brasilia
Operator
Britt Airways, Inc., dba Continental Express
IATA flight No.
RU2574
ICAO flight No.
BTA2574
Call sign
JETLINK 2574
Registration
N33701
Flight origin
Laredo International Airport, Laredo, Texas
Destination
Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
Occupants
14
Passengers
11
Crew
3
Fatalities
14
Survivors
0
Continental Express Flight 2574 (Jetlink 2574) was a scheduled domestic passenger airline flight operated by Britt Airways[2] from Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas to Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) (now called George Bush Intercontinental Airport) in Houston, Texas. On September 11, 1991, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop, registered N33701,[3] crashed while initiating its landing sequence, killing all 14 people on board. The aircraft wreckage hit an area near Eagle Lake, Texas, approximately 65 miles (105 km) west-southwest of the airport.
The media stated that there was initial speculation that a bomb had destroyed the aircraft; however, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) subsequently discovered that missing screws on the horizontal stabilizer led to the crash.[4]
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^"In-Flight Structural Breakup, Britt Airways, Inc. dba Continental Express Flight 2574, EMB-120RT, N33701, Eagle Lake, Texas, September 11, 1991". www.ntsb.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N33701 Eagle Lake, TX". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
^Muck, Patti. "Crash searchers find stabilizer/Discovery points to maintenance mix-up, not bomb Archived October 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Chronicle. Monday September 16, 1991. A1. Retrieved on August 23, 2009.
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