TACA Flight 110

TACA Flight 110
	View of the aircraft as it came to rest on the levee
Accident
Date	May 24, 1988
Summary	Emergency landing after dual engine flameout due to hail ingestion in severe thunderstorm
Site	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; 30°00′37″N 89°55′42″W / 30.01028°N 89.92833°W;
Aircraft
	; N75356, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1989
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-3T0
Operator	TACA International Airlines
IATA flight No.	TA110
ICAO flight No.	TAI110
Call sign	TACA 110
Registration	N75356
Flight origin	Comalapa International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador;
Stopover	Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport, Belize City, Belize;
Destination	New Orleans International Airport, Louisiana, United States;
Occupants	45
Passengers	38
Crew	7
Fatalities	0
Survivors	45

TACA Flight 110 was a scheduled international flight operated by TACA International Airlines, traveling from San Salvador to New Orleans, with a stopover in Belize City. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to New Orleans International Airport. As a result, the brand new Boeing 737-300 suffered flameout in both engines, but the pilots made a successful emergency landing on a grass levee adjacent to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, with no one aboard sustaining more than a few minor injuries, and with only minor hail damage to the intact aircraft. Following an on-site engine replacement, the jetliner took off from Saturn Boulevard, a road which had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service until it was finally retired in 2016.