Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 FEB 1960 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
| Registration: | CP-609 |
| C/n / msn: | 10510 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 55 / Occupants: 55 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) S of Laguna Huañacota (Bolivia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport (CBB/SLCB), Bolivia |
| La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia |
The DC-4 crashed shortly after take-off into Laguna Huañacota, a mountain lagoon. Reportedly one engine had caught fire. A two-year old girl survived the impact but died on the way to a hospital.
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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 Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport to La Paz-El Alto Airport as the crow flies is 236 km (148 miles).
Distance from Cochabamba-J Wilsterman Airport to La Paz-El Alto Airport as the crow flies is 236 km (148 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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