Incidents and Accidents
During its 65-year history, Copa Airlines had the following incidents and accidents:
| Flight | Date | Aircraft | Location | Description | Casualties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | Uninjured | Ground | |||||
| 201 | June 6, 1992 | Boeing 737-200 | near TucutÃ, Darien | Flight 201, A leased Boeing 737-200 from the defunct British airline Britannia Airways, registered as HP-1205CMP, flipped and crashed in the Darien Gap during a flight from Panama City to Cali after an instrument failure. All 40 passengers and the 7 crew members lost their lives. This is the first and only fatal accident in the history of Copa Airlines (as of 2012). | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 301 | November 19, 1993 | Boeing 737-100 | Tocumen International Airport | The plane (registered HP-873CMP) was damaged beyond repair, when it veered off the runway upon landing at Tocumen International Airport at 19:19 local time following a flight from Miami, Florida, with 86 passengers and six crew members. The pilots had not managed to properly align the aircraft with the runway because of severe crosswinds, which led to the nosegear being torn off. There were no reported injuries and the plane was written-off. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 |
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