ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330108
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| Date: | Monday 27 August 1973 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Aerocondor - Aerovías Cóndor de Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-777 |
| MSN: | 1115 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 12 km SE of Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
A Lockheed L-188A Electra passenger plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of the Cerro el Cable mountain shortly after takeoff from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia. All 36 passengers and six crew members were killed.
The airplane, operated by Aerocondor was bound for San Andres Island (ADZ) with en route stops at Cartagena (CTG) and Barranquilla (BAQ).
Apparently the flight crew did not follow the prescribed departure procedure following takeoff from Bogota's runway 12. It struck the side of a cloud covered mountainside and broke up.
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photo (c) Airview
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); April 1973
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