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| Date: | Thursday 28 February 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 65 km from Poptun -
 Guatemala
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
| Poptun Airport (PON/MGPP) |
Crashed in a mountainous area. The airplane carried army officers with family members on an excursion to Poptun.
Sources:
The Telegraph-Herald - Feb 29, 1980
Aviation Letter 164
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