Tag: Colombia plane crash
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On This Day In 1981: The Mountain Was Hidden By Clouds – Aeropesca Flight 221 Hit It At About 8,500 Feet, Killing All 50
On 26 August 1981, Aeropesca Flight 221 departed Florencia, Colombia, bound for Neiva. The scheduled domestic service was operated by a four-engine Vickers Viscount 745D, registration HK-1320, carrying 44 passengers and six crew members. None of them would survive. The aircraft, named Ciudad de Popayan, had first flown in Britain on 22 February 1956. It…
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Today In 1950: The DC-3 That Vanished For 27 Days Before Being Found On A Remote Colombian Mountaintop, Sealing The Fate Of 15 Onboard
On June 9, 1950, a Douglas DC-3-178 operated by New Tribes Mission disappeared during a flight from Kingston, Jamaica, to Maracaibo, Venezuela. The aircraft, registered N16030 and originally built in 1936, was carrying 15 people—12 passengers and a crew of three. Every person on board lost their lives in what became one of the most…
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