Overview
- The crash occurred on Saturday, August 1, when a Cessna Caravan C-208 operated by Aerodiana on a sightseeing roundtrip from Pisco reported a on-board emergency and then lost radio contact before crashing in the Pueblo Viejo area.
- All 13 people on board died, including eleven foreign tourists and two Peruvian crew members, and the wreckage caught fire, which rescue workers said made on-site rescue impossible.
- Peru’s air accident authority (CIAA) has launched an active investigation into the cause and officials have not released a definitive explanation for the accident.
- Early passenger reports list seven Italians, two Germans and two Spaniards among the deceased, and the German Foreign Office has confirmed two German nationals died in the crash while consular teams are helping families.
- The government signaled possible temporary restrictions on flights from Pisco and renewed scrutiny of safety oversight for short sightseeing hops over the Nazca Lines, a route that has seen fatal accidents in past years.