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02-06-2008, 16:02
Meteorological data shows that the TACA Airbus A320 which overran in Honduras on 30 May was attempting to land at Tegucigalpa’s Toncontin Airport in wet weather conditions and a slight tailwind. Two passengers and the aircraft’s captain – who had accumulated over 11,000 hours’ flight time – were killed, along with at least one person on the ground after the jet came off runway 02. For more images of the TACA A320 crash in Honduras see the AirSpace gallery Toncontin’s runway is relatively short at 1,863m (6,112ft), and the accident has prompted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya to initiate plans to shift flights by larger aircraft to the Soto Cano air base near Comayagua, 55km

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