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Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 information


Eastern Air Lines Flight 980
An Eastern Boeing 727-200 similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
DateJanuary 1, 1985
SummaryControlled flight into terrain for unknown reasons
SiteMount Illimani, Bolivia
16°38′10″S 67°47′21″W / 16.63611°S 67.78917°W / -16.63611; -67.78917
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-225 Advanced
OperatorEastern Air Lines
IATA flight No.EA980
ICAO flight No.EAL980
Call signEASTERN 980
RegistrationN819EA
Flight originPresident Stroessner International Airport, Asunción, Paraguay
1st stopoverEl Alto International Airport, La Paz, Bolivia
Last stopoverSimón Bolívar International Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador
DestinationMiami International Airport, Florida, U.S.
Occupants29
Passengers19
Crew10
Fatalities29
Survivors0

Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was a scheduled international flight from Asunción, Paraguay, to Miami, Florida, United States. On January 1, 1985, while descending towards La Paz, Bolivia, for a scheduled stopover, the Boeing 727 jetliner struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m), killing all 29 people on board.

The wreckage was scattered over a large area of a glacier covered with snow. Over the decades, several search expeditions were only able to recover a small amount of debris, and searches for the flight recorders were unsuccessful. The accident remains the highest-altitude controlled flight into terrain in commercial aviation history.

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