**3.7 Crash of a Boeing 757: 200 airplane**

On October 2nd, 1996, Boeing 757–200 aircraft departed from Lima-Jorge Chávez Airport on an international regular service to Santiago de Chile, carrying 61 passengers and a crew of nine [18]. After 29 minutes of flight, it impacted with the sea 48 nautical miles from the airport, with the total loss of the aircraft and all of its occupants. Investigation revealed that the maintenance staff had not removed the protective adhesive tape from the static ports. This tape was not detected during the various phases of the aircraft's release to the line mechanic, its transfer to the passenger boarding apron and, lastly, the inspection by the crew responsible for the flight (the walk-around or pre-flight check), which was carried out by the pilot-in-command. Both the pilot-in-command and the copilot had made errors by not complying with the ground proximity alarms.
