TANS Perú

TANS Perú, an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva, was a Peruvian airline based in Lima. The airline was headquartered at the Miraflores District in the capital city of the country. Completely state-owned, the carrier operated scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services from its main base at Jorge Chávez International Airport.

History

TANS (also known as Grupo Aéreo de Transporte 42) was established in 1963 as an arm of the Peruvian Air Force, based at the remote city of Iquitos, inaccessible by road, and tasked with providing scheduled airline flights, together with fulfilling search and rescue and medevac needs. In 1988, its fleet consisted of a mixture of Pilatus PC-6 Porters and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, mainly operating as floatplanes. Although its missions were mainly civilian, it remained part of the Air Force until 1999, being granted civil certification in November 1999.

At , the fleet included three Boeing 737-200s, seven de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, one Fokker F-28 Mk1000 and five Harbin Y-12s; at this time, services to Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cuzco, Iquitos, Juanjuí, Juliaca, Lima, Piura, Pucallpa, Rioja, Trujillo and Yurimaguas were operated. In the airline's license was suspended by the Peruvian Government.

Destinations TANS Perú served the following destinations throughout its history:

CityAirport codeAirport nameNotesIATAICAOArequipaAQPSPQURodríguez Ballón International AirportCuzcoCUZSPZOAlejandro Velasco Astete International AirportIquitosIQTSPQTCrnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International AirportJuliacaJULSPJLInca Manco Cápac International AirportLimaLIMSPIMJorge Chávez International AirportPiuraPIUSPURCap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International AirportPucallpaPCLSPCLFAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International AirportPuerto MaldonadoPEMSPTUPadre Aldamiz International AirportTarapotoTPPSPSTCad. FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes AirportTumbesTBPSPMECap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport

Accidents and incidents Aviation Safety Network records six accidents/incidents for the airline, of which five led to fatalities; the number of casualties involved in these deadly accidents totals 105. All the events the airline experienced throughout its history carried with the hull-loss of the aircraft involved. Following is the list of these events.

DateLocationAircraftTail numberFateFatalitiesDescription of the eventRefsOB-1153W/O/21The pilot attempted to land the aircraft on the Algodón River following the loss of power. Hit trees on approach and crashed. Lake CaballochoaTwin Otter 300OB-1155W/O/11Crashed into a lake following an engine failure. AtalayaOB-1499W/OOverran the runway on landing.Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-IIOB-1498W/O/3Crashed during initial climbout, shortly after takeoff from Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport.Fokker F-28-1000 OB-1396W/O/46The aircraft was operating the second leg of a domestic scheduled Lima–Chiclayo–Chachapoyas passenger service as Flight 222. Crashed into on approach to the final destination airport.Boeing 737-200OB-1809-PW/O/98Crash-landed in a swampland on approach to Pucallpa Airport amid a hail storm. Was operating a domestic scheduled Lima–Pucallpa–Iquitos passenger service as Flight 204.

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