TAM Bolivia MA-60 - Flight from Trinidad Teniente J H Arauz (TDD) to Cochabamba J Wilsterman (CBB)
Xi’an Y7-MA60 / FAB-96
TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar Bolivia / TAM721
Departure: Trinidad Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport (TDD), Bolivia (Rwy 32)
Arrival: Cochabamba Jorge Wilsterman Airport (CBB), Bolivia (Rwy 32)
Date: 19th May 2015 / Seat: 2A
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Window view from TAM’s MA-60 which is back in service. Took me more than one attempt to get on it, after its two landing gear incidents. Here, FAB-96 is seen operating TAM’s multi-sector flight from Trinidad to Cochabamba after arriving from Riberalta and Guayaramerín. At the end of the video, I added some footage of FAB-96 in the morning while departing to Trinidad on its outbound sector (had to make sure its the MA-60 since TAM is swapping types randomly in the schedule). The MA-60 is a derivative of the Chinese copy of the Soviet An-24 design (which was named Xi’an Y-7), however modernized with western systems, avionics and eng