Jan. 11, 2003

Major plane crashes in Peru over the last decade include:

-- May 5, 1998: Peruvian air force Boeing 737 crashes in the Amazon jungle during a storm. Thirteen of the 87 people on board survive.

-- March 29, 1998: Air force Antonov plane carrying relief supplies crashes into a house outside the coastal city of Piura, 530 miles (850 kilometers) northwest of Lima, killing 21 people aboard and a child in the house. The pilot reported mechanical failure and steered the plane away from heavily populated areas before it went down.

-- Oct. 2, 1996: Aero Peru Airlines Boeing 757 crashes into Pacific Ocean shortly after taking off from Lima, killing all 70 people on board. An investigation found ground crew workers forgot to remove adhesive tape placed over speed and altitude sensors to protect them during cleaning.

-- Feb. 29, 1996: Faucett Airline Boeing 737 jetliner crashes into a low mountain near Peru's second-largest city of Arequipa, killing all 123 people on board. An investigation attributes the accident to pilot error. The worst airline crash in Peruvian history, it led officials to halt night flights into the interior.

There also have been more than a dozen small plane crashes with fatalities in the last decade.

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