Today I am going to tell you the story of Fokker 28 what navigationó the Ríbones of the amazoníbeing a nightclub for someñthem The Coca. Photo by Tavo Cruz
Was the 7 april 2005 when this Fokker 28 from the airínea Icarus covering the flight 504 from Quito landed at Francisco de Orellana Airport in El Coca, but after bumping wheels a few meters before the start of the track, this endíin a non-fatal accident.
concretely, The F-28 matríHC-CDA termó on the side of the track and the Accident Investigation Board determinedó:
«The probable cause of the accident was the use during the approachón and the landing of a téflight conic that contradicts what is established in the Pilot Operations Manual, Standar Operational Procedures Fokker F-28, página 46, of the companyñíthe operator, indicating that the pilot must plan to stop the wheels 1.000 feet on track»
for the event, the grandfatherón sufferó andñthe irreparable, for which it was declared pérdida total, but his life carrying passengers did not endó ahí.
Electric Fokker 28 nightclub in El Coca
Once the investigations of the case are concluded, the grandfatheróIt was bought by a local businessman, who secún count people at the airport, he wantsíto offer a new type of entertainment in the city and thusí did.
To continue, I share with you this AeroReport, where I show you más in detail the current status of this aircraftón:
for an undisclosed amount (at least from what i could find out), time afterés of the accident, sin alas no motors and no part of the tail, the grandfatherón was transferred to the city port, where to startá his second life, at least for a time.
It was placed on a barge, maybe I didn't navigateó a long time or their trips were short, but that undoubtedly calledó the attentionón for años.
Time afterés, as we see in the cover photo of this post that was registered in the 2016, The Rumba Nautica project has alreadyíhas come to an end, definitively ending the life of this Fokker 28, that now in the 2022 luce así:
A few weeks ago I visitedé The Coca y no podínot to investigate the current status of this aircraftón, así Thanks to our friend Denny, we are looking for the plane.ón and we found it totally abandoned and in pégreat time next to the Coca Bridge, where it has been for several yearsñthe monúneighbors told us.
Now, it is not MáIt's a nest of snakes, We buyñas, the wide flora and fauna of the Amazon, so it was not safe to enter (I couldn't eithería) to see inside and maybe look for somethingún memory of his élittle with Icarus as somethingún logo, instrument or something.
Definitely, a piece of our country's historyís has been forgotten and surely in someún moment beá cut and not leftá andúI remember máI know what photos, this post and the video I preparedé for you.
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