JJ:
The Cubana chartered AOM DC-10 went off the deep end on Rwy 19 at GUA.
As to an alternate airport at Quito, that's all talk. The reality is that the present location, right smack in the center of the city, is altogether too convenient to be closed.
Cotopaxi aerodrome (SELT) at Latacunga, 43DME south of Quito, is an alternate, but the highway connection with Quito needs
vast improvement.
Since the TU-154 aborted T/O crash, the previous steep drop off on Rwy 35 overrun has been built up into an positive incline.
For Worldwide airplane crash info go to this
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