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3 unusual facts about Copa Airlines Flight 201


Copa Airlines Flight 201

A special team consisting of personnel from Copa Holdings, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and the NTSB worked together with Panamanian civil aviation authorities on the investigation, which lasted one year.

A year after the crash, the story of the crash of Flight 201 and its investigation was featured in a WGBH, BBC, and NDR documentary.

The aircraft departed from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City on 6 June 1992 at 20:37 local time for a flight to Cali, Colombia with 40 passengers and seven crew members.


Boeing 737 rudder issues

On June 6, 1992, Copa Airlines Flight 201, a 737-200 Advanced, flipped to the right and crashed in the Darién Gap, killing 47 people.


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