Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
Status:
Date:21 MAR 1951
Type:Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3)
Operator:Limitada Nacional de Servicio Aéreo - LANSA
Registration: HK-315
C/n / msn: 9073
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27
Total:Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Hato Nuevo (Colombia) show on map
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Destination airport:Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG), Colombia
Narrative:
Crashed near Hato Nuevo, about 90 km from destination Cartagena.

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Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Cartagena Airport as the crow flies is 653 km (408 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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