av693 – Finance Colombia https://www.financecolombia.com Connecting Colombia to the global capital markets, analysts, economists, investors, and executives that matter Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.financecolombia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png av693 – Finance Colombia https://www.financecolombia.com 32 32 Avianca Flight Diverts To Panamá After Plane Damaged In Flight, 4 Hospitalized https://www.financecolombia.com/avianca-flight-diverts-to-panama-after-plane-damaged-in-flight-4-hospitalized/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:34:44 +0000 https://www.financecolombia.com/?p=19274 Last Thursday, January 23, Avianca flight AV693 flying from San José, Costa Rica to Bogotá, Colombia had to land in Panamá City’s Tocumen International Airport after experiencing severe turbulence that sent 3 crew and 1 passenger to the hospital, and left the plane damaged.

The Airbus A319 was carrying 108 passengers and 5 crew when it landed in Panamá at 4:31 am local time. Most uninjured passengers continued on flight AV59 at 9:29am the same morning.

Based on photos shared on social media, there was considerable interior damage, and according to Avianca’s statement, “the captain identified an alert in one of the systems” requiring the immediate termination of the flight and landing in Panamá.

Other shared data shows the plane fell 2,400 feet in 19 seconds, equivalent to 7,578 feet per minute.

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