Pilots of a Central American Airways Let L-410 failed to follow the correct instrument procedure for landing at Tegucigalpa before the aircraft struck terrain in poor weather while attempting a second approach. The twin-engined aircraft, arriving from San Pedro Sula as flight CAA731, had initially been cleared for a northerly approach to runway 20. However, […]
Flynn Tomchuk was drawn to the Central American country of Honduras several times as a missionary for the Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Richland, most recently for a year-and-a-half on the island of Roatan as a full-time minister. His father, Robert Tomchuk, said his son was impressed by the love the local people had for the […]
The investigative report on the TACA Airlines Airbus A-320 crash that killed 5 people and injured 80 at the Tegucigalpa airport back in 2008, placed blame with the pilot. According to excerpts published yesterday, the pilot was at fault for “deciding to land in (weather) conditions that were not appropriate.” Upon landing at Tegucigalpa’s Toncontin […]