Plane Crash List

Boeing 727-264 XAFIE

1 June 1987 · Los Angeles, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 1 June 1987 at about 06:31 local time, a Boeing 727-264 registered XAFIE was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, United States. 153 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 9 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 06:31
Classification
Accident
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport
Los Angeles Intl (LAX)
Coordinates
33.9505, -118.3991
Aircraft
Boeing 727-264
Registration
XAFIE
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Guadalajara → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
LAX87FA219

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
153 0 2 9 142

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 25 LEFT AND WAS HOLDING SHORT OF 25 RIGHT FOR A CROSSING CLEARANCE WHEN THE FLIGHT ENGINEER STARTED THE APU. PASSENGERS SEATED IN THE AREA BETWEEN ROWS 20 AND 22 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CABIN OBSERVED A 'BRIGHT' YELLOW BLOSSOMING GLOW' EMANATE FROM THE APU DISCHARGE DUCT AND ERRONEOUSLY BELIEVED THIS TO BE A FIRE IN THE RIGHT WING. SEVERAL PASSENGERS SHOUTED 'FIRE,' AND, TWO PASSENGERS RUSHED TO THE 19 LEFT OVER WING EMERGENCY EXIT, OPENED IT AND DOVE OUT ONTO THE WING. OTHER PASSENGERS FOLLOWED THE FIRST TWO OUT ONTO THE WING. THE PANIC SPREAD TO THE FORWARD AND AFT AREAS OF THE CABIN AND THE PASSENGERS BEGAN RUSHING TOWARD THE DOORS. THE CREW HEARD THE SHOUTS OF FIRE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND ORDERED AN EVACUATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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