Ndege yachinsinsi ya Gulfstream yochokera ku Austin, Texas, idachita ngozi pa eyapoti ya Toncontin International ku Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ndikusweka pakati.
Anthu osachepera 6 adavulala ndikutumizidwa ku chipatala cha Escuela. Akukhulupirira kuti ovulalawo anali aku America.
Ndegeyo inalumpha mumsewuwo ikamatera ndipo inagwera m’phompho laling’ono pomwe inagawanika pakati pa msewu waukulu.
Zolemba za Federal Aviation Administration zikuwonetsa kuti ndegeyo idalembetsedwa ku TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. ku North Salt Lake, Utah.
Bwalo la ndege la Tegucigalpa limadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwazinthu zovuta kwambiri kwa oyendetsa ndege, chifukwa lazunguliridwa ndi nsonga zamapiri komanso malo okhalamo. Ili pamtunda wa makilomita 6 (makilomita 3.72) kuchokera kumzinda wa Tegucigalpa ndipo kwa nthawi yayitali imawonedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwamalo ovuta kwambiri, owopsa chifukwa cha malo ake amapiri achilendo. Msewuwu ndi umodzi mwaufupi kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, wongotalika mamita 6,112 (LAX ili ndi pafupifupi 3,000 mapazi owonjezera pa ndege zazikulu).
Malo amapiri ozungulira bwalo la ndege laling'ono amakakamiza njira yomwe imapangitsa kuti ikhale yofulumira komanso yokhotakhota kwambiri isanayambe kulumikiza ndi msewu wonyamukira ndege. Kuwomba kwamphepo pafupipafupi kumasokoneza zinthu mopitilira muyeso, kumafuna kusintha mwachangu kwa chiwongolero chokhazikika, kusintha mamvekedwe a ma elevator opingasa ndikusintha ma ailerons a mapiko kuti azitha kuyang'ana ndegeyo kuti ifike komaliza.