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Faucett Flight 251
1996Feb, 29

Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.

Faucett Perú Flight 251 refers to a Boeing 737-200 that was operating a domestic scheduled Lima–Arequipa–Tacna passenger service and crashed on 29 February 1996, while completing the first leg, on approach to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport.: 34  All 123 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the accident.: 34  It is the deadliest aviation accident that occurred on Peruvian soil.

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