Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JAN 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
| Registration: | TAM-10 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Vacas (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vallegrande Airport (VAH/SLVG), Bolivia |
| Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB), Bolivia |
Crashed in poor weather.
Sources:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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