TANS Crash in Peru, 08/23/2005 - Some Survive

Dozens Walk Away From Peru Jet Crash (AP) "An aviation expert Wednesday called it a "miracle" that so many walked away. Wind shear may have forced the pilot's emergency landing attempt Tuesday afternoon, making TANS Peru Flight 204 the world's fifth major airline accident this month and August the deadliest month for airline disasters in three years.
Previously, Avión Perú aterriza emergencia, al menos 2 muertos (Reuters) and Al menos 40 muertos en accidente de avión en Perú (Reuters) broke the news about a TANS crash in rough weather on approach to the Pucallpa airport.
Peru hunts for bodies after jet crash, 41 dead (Reuters): "Rescue workers with machetes hacked through swamps on Wednesday to search for bodies in the wreckage of a TANS airline jet that crashed in Peru's northern jungle, killing at least 41 people including foreign tourists."
"TANS said 11 U.S. citizens were on board, along with two Italians, a Colombian, an Australian and a Spanish woman" on the flight when it crashed in Pucallpa, 490 miles northeast of Lima on August 23, 2005. See this map from Expedia. The flight was scheduled to fly on to Iquitos, a popular tourist destination as the gateway to the Amazon.