On April 19, 1984, a Douglas C-47 (registered TI-SAA), charter flight coming from San Andrés, Colombia crashed on "Cerro Santa Rosa" (northwest face of the Irazú Volcano), with the death of all 4 people on board.[6]
On August 26, 2000, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into the Arenal Volcano, an active volcano in Costa Rica. The Cessna Caravan took off from Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José at 11:38, for a flight to Tamarindo. An intermediate stop at La Fortuna was made at 11:55 to drop off a Japanese tourist. The flight left La Fortuna again at 12:05 for a 35-minute flight to Tamarindo. The aircraft collided with the active 5380 feet (1650 m) high Arenal volcano, at around 656 feet (200 m) below the crater. All 8 passengers and 2 crew on board died in the crash.[8]
On November 28, 2001, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into the Cerro Chontal, a mountain in Costa Rica. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside of the Cerro Chontal approximately four minutes before it was expected to land. The aircraft appeared to be off the usual approach track for Quepos. Both crew members and 1 passenger died; 5 passengers survived the crash and were rescued the next day.[9]
sansa, airlines, sansa, servicios, aéreos, nacionales, regional, airline, based, josé, costa, rica, operates, scheduled, passenger, services, part, former, taca, regional, system, subsidiary, avianca, holdings, main, juan, santamaría, international, airport, s. SANSA Servicios Aereos Nacionales S A is an regional airline based in San Jose Costa Rica It operates scheduled passenger services as part of the former TACA Regional system and was a subsidiary of Avianca Holdings Its main hub is Juan Santamaria International Airport 1 SANSAIATA ICAO CallsignRZ LRS SANSAFounded1978HubsJuan Santamaria International AirportFrequent flyer programDistanciaFleet size10Destinations14Parent companyRegional Airlines Holding LLCHeadquartersSan Jose Costa RicaWebsitewww wbr flysansa wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3 1 Current fleet 3 2 Former fleet 4 Accidents and incidents 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe airline was established in 1978 as a domestic subsidiary of LACSA 1 On May 31 2019 Avianca Holdings sold SANSA to Regional Airlines Holding LLC from Delaware United States 2 Destinations Edit A SANSA Cessna 208B Grand Caravan at Quepos La Managua Airport in 2015 The destinations of SANSA are 3 Country City Airport Notes Refs Costa Rica Bahia Drake Bahia Drake AirportBarra del Colorado Barra del Colorado Airport TerminatedCoto 47 Coto 47 Airport TerminatedGolfito Golfito AirportLa Fortuna La Fortuna Arenal AirportLiberia Daniel Oduber Quiros International AirportLimon Limon International AirportNosara Nosara AirportPalmar Sur Palmar Sur AirportPuerto Carrillo Carrillo Airport TerminatedPuerto Jimenez Puerto Jimenez AirportPunta Islita Punta Islita Airport TerminatedQuepos Quepos La Managua AirportSan Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General Airport TerminatedSan Jose Juan Santamaria International Airport HubTamarindo Tamarindo AirportTambor Tambor AirportTortuguero Tortuguero Airport Nicaragua Managua Augusto C Sandino International Airport 4 Tola Costa Esmeralda Airport TerminatedFleet EditCurrent fleet Edit SANSA s operations area at Juan Santamaria International Airport next to the main terminal As of September 2022 the SANSA fleet includes 5 SANSA fleet Aircraft In service Orders Paassengers NotesCessna 208B Grand Caravan 10 14Total 10 Former fleet Edit 1 Boeing 737 300 Leased from Islandsflug 3 Douglas C 47 Skytrain 3 CASA C 212 AviocarAccidents and incidents EditOn April 19 1984 a Douglas C 47 registered TI SAA charter flight coming from San Andres Colombia crashed on Cerro Santa Rosa northwest face of the Irazu Volcano with the death of all 4 people on board 6 On January 16 1990 SANSA Flight 32 crashed into the Cerro Cedral a mountain in Costa Rica after takeoff from Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose All 20 passengers and 3 crew on board died in the crash 7 On August 26 2000 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into the Arenal Volcano an active volcano in Costa Rica The Cessna Caravan took off from Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose at 11 38 for a flight to Tamarindo An intermediate stop at La Fortuna was made at 11 55 to drop off a Japanese tourist The flight left La Fortuna again at 12 05 for a 35 minute flight to Tamarindo The aircraft collided with the active 5380 feet 1650 m high Arenal volcano at around 656 feet 200 m below the crater All 8 passengers and 2 crew on board died in the crash 8 On November 28 2001 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into the Cerro Chontal a mountain in Costa Rica The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside of the Cerro Chontal approximately four minutes before it was expected to land The aircraft appeared to be off the usual approach track for Quepos Both crew members and 1 passenger died 5 passengers survived the crash and were rescued the next day 9 References Edit a b Sansa Website History 16 September 2020 Avianca vende las aerolineas Sansa y La Costena de Centroamerica Reportur com in Spanish Retrieved June 5 2019 Sansa Website Destinations 14 December 2022 Rico Sansa resumes flights between Costa Rica and Nicaragua Qcostarica com Retrieved December 3 2022 rzjets SANSA rzjets com accessdate 16 September 2020 TI SAA Accident description Aviation Safety Network Flight Safety Foundation Aviation Safety Network 16 January 1990 Cerro Cedral Aviation Safety Network 26 Augst 2000 Arenal Volcano Aviation Safety Network 28 November 2001 Cerro ChontalExternal links Edit Media related to SANSA Airlines at Wikimedia Commons Official websitePortals Costa Rica Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sansa Airlines amp oldid 1127413378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
