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, […]
Due to the complaints of the Honduran people, and pressure from the media, the additional 23 dollar fee to exit the country will be lifted in 15 days. President Porfirio Lobo Sosa announced yesterday that the government will discontinue the increase in cost beginning in January. The measure had been adopted by Congress at midnight […]
The airports of Toncontín in Tegucigalpa, Golosón in La Ceiba, and the airstrip in Roatán are temporarily closed this morning due to little visibility and drizzling rain caused by a high pressure front. San Pedro Sula‘s Ramón Villeda Morales, however, continues to operate international flights. Civil Aeronautics authorities explained that later in the morning the […]
It was a tragic beginning to the “Day of Love and Friendship” in Honduras yesterday, which is celebrated on February 14th every year. According to the National Service of Civil Aviation, yesterday’s airplane crash happened a little after 7 a.m. local time, just minutes after air traffic controllers instructed the pilots to land the plane. […]