Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 JAN 1954 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-160 |
| C/n / msn: | 19540 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manizales (Colombia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia |
| Armenia-El Edén Airport (AXM/SKAR), Colombia |
Crashed into a mountain.
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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 Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport to Armenia-El Edén Airport as the crow flies is 196 km (123 miles).
Distance from Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport to Armenia-El Edén Airport as the crow flies is 196 km (123 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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