Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAY 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-55-DL |
| Operator: | Limitada Nacional de Servicio Aéreo - LANSA |
| Registration: | HK-307 |
| C/n / msn: | 10194 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pasto (Colombia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Popayán Airport (PPN/SKPP), Colombia |
| Ipiales-San Luis Airport (IPI/SKIP), Colombia |
Struck Galeras volcano. A 10 year old girl was the only survivor.
Events:
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 50)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Popayán Airport to Ipiales-San Luis Airport as the crow flies is 212 km (132 miles).
Distance from Popayán Airport to Ipiales-San Luis Airport as the crow flies is 212 km (132 miles).
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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